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WITH A SUMMAKY 

HISTORY OF PORTLAND, 

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Manifold are the tastes and dispositions of 
those who will turn these leaves. Some there 
are who will skim the pages merely for relaxa- 
tion or amusement, and who will look for some- 
thing pungent and spicy. Others will search for 
statistics — the figures supposed to represent the 
population past and present; the number of pub- 
lic buildings, their dimensions and their cost; 
and will even read with pleasure the table of dis- 
tances. Still others, of an inquisitive disposi- 
tion, will be anxious to know the early history 
of Portland, that they may trace for themselves 
the progress of the city, the gradual changes in 
men and manners, the influence of situation, 
and the growth of innovation and improvement. 

For the first class we foresee disappointment, 
since this book is to be, like a history of old, 
'exceeding solemn, serious, and pathetic,' and 
is by no means a work of fiction. The second 
class we will endeavor to entertain with a rea- 
sonable amount of figures, while the third class 
may easily be satisfied by reading the appended 
History of Portland. 



4 GUIDE BOOK. 

It might not be inappropriate to remark, at 
this point, that PortUmd, ' after the great fire,' 
rose, Phfjenix-hke, from its ashes; but as this is 
to be a guide-book, cont^ning not general state- 
ments but matters of fact and matters of ac- 
commodation, we forbear. It is presumed that 
any traveler who has remained long enough in 
Portland to purchase a guide-book, has heard 
that Portland was originally called Falmouth, 
and that, in 1866, its dross was consumed and its 
gold refined by fire. The pet argument of Port- 
land is this: 

1. Any city having a fine harbor and an ex- 
tensive railroad connection, must become a large 
city. 

2. Portland has a fine harbor and an extensive 
railroad connection; therefore, 

3. Portland must become a large city. 

A conclusion perfectly agreeable to the rules 
of logic, but whether equally reconcilable to the 
facts of the case, the next few years must show. 

In the mean time, Portland sits enthroned up- 
on her hills and looks out day and night upon 
the water, blue and smiling, or black and frown- 
ing; upon the forts that guard the entrance to 
the harboi ; upon the little boats tossing up and 
down; upon the ships that come and go; and, 
through the darkness, upon the harbor lights, 
' big and yaller and dancing, yaller and dancing 
and far.' 

This, you will understand, is Portland's senti- 
mental stand-point. 



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GUIDE BOOK. 

Geographically speaking, the city is situated 
upon a peninsula which juts out into Casco 
Bay, the harbor being on the south-eastern side, 
and Back Cove — an inlet — on the north-western 
side of the city. This peninsula is about three 
miles in length, and its average width is three- 
quarters of a mile. From the centre of the city 
the land rises to Munjoy Hill on the east*, and 
to BramhalPs Hill on the west. The highest 
point above the level of the sea is on Bramhall's 
Hill — 175.5 feet, the highest point on Munjoy 
being 161 feet. 

PROMENADES. 

Following the course of Bramhall's Hill is a 
promenade graded to afford a pleasant drive- 
way, and having a border of young trees which 
are expected to arrive, sooner or later, at the 
dignity of shade trees. The drive-way is so ex- 
cellent as to induce fast driving, and unless one 
possesses remarkable powers of concentration, 
his attention is likely to be divided between the 
twilight and the fine horses which are sure to 
ai^pear with the twilight. Whichever he likes 
best he can have, however. The horses are good, 
and the sunset is glorious. Far away upon the 
right stretches a range of hills, sometimes sharp 
and clear, sometimes seeming only a line of blue 
mist. Between us and the mountains are green 
fields, dotted with villages, intersected by roads, 
and connected with us by railroads, two of which, 
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the Maine Central and Ogdensburg, wind at 
our very feet. Upon a clear day Mt. Washing- 
ton is distinctly seen, as well as Old Orchard 
Beach, lying fifteen miles away. 

On the left, lie similar fields; the inlets of the 
bay, like the ghost of the sea; the little Welsh 
settlement, neat and prim; the traditional church 
spire of every well-regulated l^ew England land- 
scape; the bridge connecting the Rolling Mills 
and Kerosene Works with the city ; and a combi- 
nation of forest, water, hills, and villages, 
through which the green fields creep to the sea. 
Seen at full tide, and under sunset light the 
landscape is exquisite. 

Around the brow of Munjoy Hill sweeps the 
Eastern Promenade, from which the view is 
bolder than from Bramhall's Hill, comprising 
the bay with its 365 islands, the ocean, and the 
shores of Cape Elizabeth on one side, and the 
headlands of Falmouth and Cumberland on the 
other. 

THE OBSERVATORY. 

This tower is situated on Congress street, and 
nearly upon the summit of Munjoy Hill. Climb- 
ing up tedious steps and stopping out of breath, 
and, possibly, out of temper, at their top — 222 
feet above tide-water — you look out upon the 
blue ocean flashing into green in the sunlight, 
its white caps telling of winds and waves out at 
sea; upon the hundreds of islands studding the 
far-reaching waters of Casco Bay; upon the 



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Cape shores, whose rocks cast off the waves an- 
grily; upon the inner harbor and its shipping; 
upon the State Reform School on the south-west, 
and the Marine Hospital on the north-west; up- 
on Deering's Bridge and Deering's Oaks; upon 
the town of Deering, and the villages of Stroud- 
water and Fal mouth Foreside, and, further 
away, the spires of Gorliam. Still beyond, in 
this direction, are hills, valleys, and the blue sur- 
face of near mountains gradually receding high- 
er and further, terminating at last, eighty miles 
away, in the snowy height of Mt. Washington. 
And if you are fortunate enough to stand here 
in the autumn, when the leaves are changing 
their colors, and are glowing as they can do only 
in N'ew England, then will you remember that 
' Whittier ' has sung the praises of Casco Bay 
and its surroundings : 

* Nowhere fairer, sweeter, rarer, 
Does the golden-locked fruit bearer 

Through his painted woodlands, stra/, 
Than where hillside oaks and beeches 
Overlook the long, blue reaches, 
Silver coves and pebbled beaches, 

And green isles of Casco Bay ; 

Nowhere day, for delay, 
With a tenderer look beseeches, 

"Let me with my charmed earth stay." 

* On the grain-lands of the main-lands 
Stands the serried corn like train-bauds. 

Plume and pennon rustling gay ; 
Out at sea the islands wooded, 



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Silver birches, golden hooded, 
Set with maples, crimson-blooded, 

White sea-foam and sand-liills gray, 

Stretch away, far away. 
Dim and dreamy, over-brooded 

By the hazy autumn day.' 

PRIVATE RESIDENCES. 

The most noteworthy house in the city is, per- 
haps, the birthplace of the poet Longfellow, — 
ISTo. 283 Congress street. Among the finest pri- 
vate residences are those of Hon. J. B. Brown, 
on Bramhall's Hill; K. S. Morse, H. P. Storer, 
and T. C. Hersey, on Danforth street; Geo. W. 
Woodman, P. H. Brown, and J. M. Brown, on 
Yanghan street; Ex-Governor Washburn, on 
Spring street; H. N. Jose, and John Muzzey, on 
High street; Wm. H. Anderson, on Deering 
street; Bishop Bacon, and A. W. H. Clapp, on 
Congress street. On Free street is the house 
formerly owned and occupied by Hon. Wm. Wil- 
lis, who is known as the historian of Portland. 

Portland prides herself, also, upon certain fine 
streets, whose beauty is not wholly that of ar- 
chitecture, but whose wide-spreading elm trees, 
often forming an archway of branches over the 
street, make good Portland's claim to the title of 
the ' Forest City.' State street, 120 feet wide, 
and having upon either side a double row of 
elms, is dear to the heart of every Portland boy 
or girl. Upon this street are sjDecially noticea- 
ble the residences of Cyrus S. Clark, Judge 
Shepley, and the late Wm. Pitt Fessenden. 



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LINCOLN PAEK, 

on Congress street, is not remarkable for its ex- 
tent, nor for ornamentation, but its handsome 
fountain is the source of great delight to small 
boys, and of water to thirsty babies. 

One of the finest views in the region and of 
the region is that seen from Upper Congress 
street, at the foot of Carleton street. This in- 
cludes a sweeping view of Back Cove, Peering, 
Deering's Oaks, and the White Hills. 

True, that ' great fire ' made sad inroads upon 
the trees in some portions of the city, but there 
are still left the beautiful elms, and the pleasant 
dwellings of Free street, Park street, High 
street, Danforth street, and Cumberland street, 
while Deering street, when its trees, now young 
and inexperienced, shall have grown old, and 
shall have learned to reach upward and outward, 
will rival them all. 

PORTLAND WATER WORKS. 

This Company was organized in 1867, for the 
purpose of supplying Portland with water from 
Lake Sebago, seventeen miles away. A large 
reservoir is situated on Bramhall's Hill, and has 
a capacity of twelve million gallons. 



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PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 

Portland claims much in the way of architec- 
ture and elegance of adornment, though especial- 
ly priding herself upon her natural charms. 
The prominent public buildings are the Custom 
House, on Fore and Commercial streets; the 
City Government Building, on Congress street, 
at the head of Exchange street; the Post-office, 
on the corner of Middle and Exchange streets; 
the Jail, on Anderson street; Music Hall, corner 
of Preble and Congress streets; Fluent Hall, cor- 
ner of Congress and Exchange streets; Xorth 
Grammar School, on Congress street; High 
School on Cumberland street; and the Maine 
General Hospital, near the Western Promenade. 

THE CITY GOVERNMENT BUILDING 

was partially destroyed by the fire of 1866, but 
was immediately rebuilt in a most substantial 
manner. The front of the building is of ]N'ova 
Scotia freestone, greenish drab in color. Besides 
rooms for the use of the State Courts, the Coun- 
ty Offices, the various branches of the City Gov- 
ernment, the I^atural History Rooms, and the 
Public Library, the building contains a large and 
very handsome Hall, seating 2500 people, and 
admirably adapted to public speaking, concerts, 
&c. Of her City Hall, Portland is proud. The 
cost of the building was about $648,000 



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THE CUSTOM-HOUSE 

is built of granite, and the customs room, with 
its chandeliers whose name is legion, and its 
beautiful, colored marbles, is ^aid to be one of 
the handsomest rooms of its kind in the country. 
The building was completed in 1871, and its cost 
was about $485,000. 

THE POST-OFFICE 

is a handsome building, of white marble, recent- 
ly erected at a cost of $500,000. The upper sto- 
ry of this building is occupied by the United 
States Courts. 

THE MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL 

was incorporated by the Legislature of 1868. In 
1870 the Legislature gave to the hospital the lot 
on Bramhall's Hill — the site of the State Arse- 
nal — and $20,000 in money. The city gave to 
the hospital a lot of land, thereby increasing 
the hospital grounds to more than seven acres, 
and securing for the building a location which, 
for sunlight, fresh air, and lovely scenery, is al- 
most unequaled. $50,000 additional were soon 
raised by subscription, and work was commenced. 
In 1871 the corner stone was laid, and building 
went on vigorously until lack of money and ma- 
terial caused a temporary suspension. The nec- 
essary funds having, however, been recently se- 
cured, it is hoped that the general plan of the 
building will be carried on almost immediately. 
The hospital is of faced brick, with trimmings of 



12 GUIDE BOOK. 

Kova Scotia freestone of two colors, and is so 
constructed as to be, for the most part, fire- 
proof. 

• HOTELS. 

The largest hotel in the city or State is the 
Falmouth, which, after the fire of 1866, was built 
and opened to the public by Hon. J. B. Brown. 
It is built of Nova Scotia freestone, has all mod- 
ern improvements, and may well claim to be 
' first class ' in all its appointments, being, to 
Portland, what the Tremont or the Kevere House 
is to Boston, or the Fifth Avenue Hotel to New 
York. 

Next to the Falmouth, the most important 
hotels in the city are the St. Julian, — upon the 
European plan, — the Preble House, and the 
United States Hotel — both in Market Square, 
and both lately repaired and refitted; the Adams 
House, on Temj)le street, and the Commercial 
House, corner of Fore and Cross streets. 

The Preble House was formerly the residence 
of Commodore Preble, and is one of the oldest 
houses in the city. It was changed to a hotel in 
1859. 

PORTLAND HORSE RAILROAD. 

Chartered in 1862. The company now run cars 
through Spring, High, Congress, Middle, and 
India streets, a distance of nearly two miles, to 
the Grand Trunk Depot. Also, from Grove 
street, through Congress, to Atlantic street, on 



GtJIDE UOOIv. 13 

Munjoy Iliil, nearly two miles. Also, from the 
head of Preble street through Preble, Portland, 
and Green streets, and across Deering's Bridge; 
and through Deering and Woodford's Corner, 
passing Evergreen Cemetery, to Morrill's Cor- 
ner, three and a (juarter miles. Cars run every 
twelve minutes on the Spring, Middle, and India 
street route; every fifteen minutes on the Con- 
gress street route; and, in summer, every twenty 
minutes on the Deerincr route. 



CASCO BAY. 

Vov beautiful andvaried scenery, few sheets of 
water compare with Casco Bay, an arm of which 
forms the harljor of Portland. The bay extends 
from Cape Elizabeth on the west, to Cape Small 
Point on the east, a distance of about twenty 
miles. There are, in the bay, at least three hun- 
dred islands, besides many bold and picturesque 
headlands and peninsulas. 

Portland has its own little traditions, and its 
associations, historical or fanciful, clustering 
about these islands, but we confess that the 
names are slightly questionable. Who chris- 
tened Pumpkin Knob, —pronounced, by the ris- 
ing generation J ' Punkkin Nub,' — Clapboard 



14 GUIDE BOOK. 

Island, Cow Island, Crow ' ^N'ub,' Big Hog, and 
Little Hog Islands, we couldn't presume to say. 

There are those who write fancifully of the 
charms of Casco Bay, and of ' drifting over its 
summer waves with an ever-varying series of en- 
chanting views.' And there are those who soar 
even be3^ond this, declaring that ' above the bold 
promontories, high in the blue empyrean, per- 
chance sails the bald eagle.' 

Our duty as a faithful guide, forbids us to 
vouch for the bald eagle in the blue emi33^rean, 
or to advise the traveler to go drifting over sum- 
mer "svaves. But we would respectfully suggest 
a row-boat; or, if you don't care particularly 
about keeping your balance, a sail-boat; or, if 
you are ambitious and would try ' deep sea wa- 
ter,' a 3^acht. Any and all of these are available 
and agreeable — onlv don't drift. To have a reli- 
able rudder, and to guide your craft over sum- 
mer waves into some quiet cove, with grassy 
slopes, where jou may enjoy a chowder, is pleas- 
anter than to drift upon rocky points or craggy 
ledges. 

If you care to fish, the water is peopled with 
' cunners,' and with ' noble ' (why?) ' haddock,' 
and to be caught is the chief end of their lives. 

FORT SCAMMEL 

is situated on House Island. 

FORT GORGES 

is situated on Little Hog Ledge, and is built of 




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granite, and upon the same plan as Fort Sum- 
ter. 

GREAT HOG ISLAND 

has several coves, of which the largest and most 
noted is Diamond Cove, about five miles from 
the city. The shores of this inlet are rocky, 
rising on either hand to the height of thirty or 
forty feet, and croAvned with beeches, maples, 
oaks, ancl pines, some of which reach far over 
the water. Between these rocky shores is a lit- 
tle beach, which serves as a landing-place, while 
the grassy level above the bank, affords the best 
accommodations "for picnic parties and mosqui- 
toes. 

PLEASANT COVE, 

also a cove of Hog Island, has a fine sand-beach, 
high rocks on either hand, and, between the 
rocks, a semi-circle of velvety grass, shaded by 
over-hanging beeches and maples. 

INDIAN COYE, 

at the northern extremity of Ilog Island, has a 
steep beach; and the ridge which forms its west- 
ern side is shaded by a group of oaks, from un- 
der which one may ' take observations ' upon 
every side. 

peak's island 
is much resorted to by picnic parties from the 
city and from surrounding towns. There are 



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several very good boarding-houses here, and ex- 
cellent opportunities for sea-bathing. Fine views 
of the city, the ocean, ship channel, forts, and 
the watering places, light-houses, and residences 
along the shores of Cape Elizabeth, may be ob- 
tained from this island. 

Evergreen Landing is a favorite resort of pic- 
• nic and ' camping ' parties. Two steamers make 
several trips each to Peak's Island daily. 

gushing' S ISLAND. 

This is one of the largest islands in Portland 
harbor, and is situated very near its mouth. It 
contains about two hundred and fif t}^ acres, much 
of which is well cultivated. On this island is 
the Ottawa House, a first-class establishment, 
which is well patronized during the summer. 
From the cupola of this hotel is obtained a mag- 
nificent v^ew of the harbor, and of the open 
ocean. On either side of the island are fine 
beaches for bathing, and every variet}' of fishing 
may be had, from that on the rocks to deep-sea 
fishing, ten miles out from the shore. Ciishing's 
Island is but four miles from the city, and is con- 
nected with it by steamers running frequently. 

AVHITE HEAD. 

At the northern extremity of this island lies 
White Head, a perpendicular bluff of rock, at 
least one hundred and fifty feet high. From its 
summit is said to be one of the finest ocean views 
anywhere to be found. It is a landmark to all 




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WHITE HEAD. 



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voyagers from Portland, and many are the hearts 
that have grown heavy with the last glimpse of 
its still white face looking out over the waters, 
or light with the first gleam of its shining rocks. 
So sweetly does Florence Percy sing of it: 

' Beyond it the laden ships go ont, 

Ont into the open sea, 
To battle with danger, and storm, and doubt, 

And the ocean's treachery; 
And the homeward vessels wliich long have sped 

Through tempest, and spray, and foam, 
Catch first a glimmer of old Wliite Head, 

And are sure they are almost home ; 
And many a homesick tear is shed 

By wanderers miles away. 
As memory whispers of old White Head, 

And the islands of Casco Bay. 

'All, rarest mosses that ever were seen, 

Grow brightly on old White Head; 
Oi'ange, and russet, and emerald green 

Wide over the rocks are spread ; 
And when the sweet June sunlight shines, 

The gossii^ing zephyr tells 
Where ruby and golden columbines 

Are swinging their m^^riad bells. 
Ah, thus, as I lie on my tiresome bed, 

I cheat the dreary day 
B}^ Slimmer pictures of old Wliite Head, 

And the billows of Casco Bay.' 
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PLEASURE PvESOETS. 

Cape Elizabeth may, perhaps, claim the chief 
objects of attraction, since from nearly all its 
points of interest one may obtain views of the 
ocean as well as cf the land. The drive along 
the ' shore road ' includes nearly everything of 
special interest. 

rOKT PREBLE, 

just at the mouth of the harbor, is interesting 
rather for the neatness with which it i!fe kept and 
the fine views which it commands, than from 
the extent of its fortifications. 

CAPE COTTAGE 

is but three and a half miles from town, and is 
delightfully situated. Its windows command a 
view of the chief entrance to Portland Harbor, 
the open ocean, and the outer islands of Casco 
Bay, while every vessel which enters or leaves 
the port passes in full sight. It is a gotliic ' cot- 
tage ' built of stone. 

PORTLAND LIGHT, 

which looks out over the ocean from a tall blulf 
of the Cape, three and a half miles out of the 
city, affords views equally as varied and beauti- 
ful as those from Cape Cottage. 



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THE OCEAN HOUSE 

is situated five miles furtlier on, upon the same 
road, and near the extremity of the Cape. 
Here one may enjoy all the benefits of the sea 
air, and, at the same time, secure a charming 
view varying from beaches and quiet fields to 
headlands, cliffs, and heavy waves. 

THE TWO LIGHTS. 

Only a half mile beyond the Ocean House, and 
directly upon the ' pitch ' of the Cape are the 
Two Lights. This locality is a favorite resort 
for picnic parties, and presents a water view 
which leaves nothing to be desired by the most 
devoted lover of the sea. Sentimental young 
ladies apply all kinds of adjectives to the ro- 
mantic place; Young America pronounces it 
'jolly,' and ' prime,' while tired men and women 
come here to rest. Often, after a severe storm, 
parties drive out to the Two Lights for the ex- 
press purpose of finding the ocean in a fury — 
' beating 'gainst its prison bars.' 

THE ATLANTIC HOUSE. 

This hotel is situated about ten miles from 
Portland. For the romantic are white sand 
beaches, more or less of green fields, ledges, and 
waves. To the practical it is recommended as the 
place specially intended by nature for a ' clam- 
fry, and for sea-batjiing. 



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THE KIEKWOOD HOUSE 

is veiy near the Atlantic House, and is built al- 
most upon the beach. Its situation is hardly 
equalled by any other hotel, unless, perhaps, by 
Cape Cottage. The front of the house faces the 
sea, while its broad, cool piazzas and halls tempt 
the visitor of a day to become the ' dweller for a 
season.' Here, too, is sea-bathing in its perfec- 
tion. 

pkout's neck, 

a promontory reaching far into the ocean, is 
much visited by picnic parties. There are two 
hotels, one accommodating about seventy-five, 
the other about fifty, boarders. 

old oechakd beach 

is situated about fifteen miles from Portland, 
three miles from Saco, and is reached by the Bos- 
ton and Maine Railroad. The beach is nine miles 
long, hard, smooth, and so wide that at low 
tide a dozen carriages may drive abreast. It in- 
creases in popularity each year on account of its 
pleasant drives, fine surf -bathing, and conven- 
ience of access. 

Fern Park, a short distance from the Old 
Orchard House, and comprising about forty 
acres, is a prominent feature of the locality. It 
was founded — and, indeed, made — by an English 
gentleman who visited at the beach for many 
summers. A handsOme gateway has been erect- 



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ed, paths have been cut in every direction 
tlirougli the grove, and upon the trees are the 
names of the paths, ranging from Laurel Hill 
to Flirtation Avenue. Arbors and rustic seats 
have also been placed at diiferent points, and 
there are, moreover, an Oratory and a ' Parson's 
Lodge,' — a fitting sequence to Flirtation Avenue. 
Besides these names upon the trees, there are 
little placards, all prepared by this gentleman, 
and bearing a sentiment suited to the name of 
the particular locality. Fern Park is surely well 
worth a visit. 

The oldest hotel — the Old Orchard Plouse — has 
grown from a small farm house to a large hotel 
capable of accommodating five hundred guests. 
The Ocean House is large and modern, having 
been completed in 187L 

Other hotels are the St. Cloud, Russell House, 
Adams House, Pine Cottage, and Moulton 
House. 

DRIVES. 

Few cities afford pleasanter drives than Port- 
land, and first among them we must rank the 
drive v\^hich includes Falmouth Foreside and the 
Marine Hospital. 

THE MAHIKE 'HOSPITAL 

is a large brick building, situated on Martin's 
Point, two miles from the city. Its windows 
command a view second only to that gained 



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from the Observatory, and the Hospital is a 
building that cannot fail to attract attention^ on 
account of its situation as well as its * propor- 
tions. 

Just beyond this hospital is Martin's Point 
Bridge, handsome and finely built, and from the 
middle of the bridge is a beautiful view of Casco 
Bay. The road then follows the coast for sev- 
eral miles, keeping always in view the bay and 
its islands. Hence the name — ' Foreside ' of 
Falmouth. 

EEFOEM SCHOOL. 

This building, also of brick, is almost equally 
prominent with the Marine Hospital. It is two 
and a half miles from the city, and the drive 
through Stroud water to the Beform School, re- 
turning over Vaughan's Bridge, is particularly 
delightful. 

SACCAKAPPA, CU3IBEIILAJ<D MILLS, AND 
pride's BEIDGE. 

This drive affords a visit to the villages of 
Saccarappa, and Cumberland Mills, and to the 
Paper Mills of S. D. Warren & Co. The paper 
manufactured here is of the best quality, and the 
mills are among the largest and finest in the 
country. 

Pride's Bridge, over the Presumpscot River, 
is one of the most attractive places in the vicinity 
of Portland. The quiet water, overhanging 
trees, and the shores with their feathery ferns, 
form a picture to which nothing is wanting. 



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BLACKSTRAP. 

Why called Blackstrap, is a conundrum long 
ago given up. There is a high hill and upon the 
hill is a structure sometimes called a monument ; 
but as it isn't known to be a monument to any- 
body or anything in particular, it is more gener- 
ally called a tower. From the tower, is another 
fine view of the city and harbor. 

BACK COVE. 

This drive is short but exceedingly pleasant, 
and gives an agreeable variety of scenery. Erom 
a point nearly opposite the city is a view, which, 
seen at high tide is delightful. 



CHUECHES. 

There is an unusually large number of hand- 
some churches in Portland, many of them hav- 
ing been rebuilt or repaired since the fire. The 
churches of the city are as follows: 

CONGREGATIONAL. • 

State Street, 77 state ; High Street, 45 High ; 
Second Parish, 211 Congress ; Plymouth, 408 
Congress ; St. Lawrence Street, 31 St. Law- 
rence ; Williston, corner of Danforth & May ; 



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Bethel J 97 Fore ; West Congregational, 615 Con- 
gress. 

EPISCOPAL. 

Et. Eev. Henry A. Neeley, Bishop. St. Luke's 
Cathedral, 67 state ; St. Stephen's, 423 Con- 
gress ; St. Paul's, 165 Congress. 

METHODIST. 

Chestnut Street, 9 Chestnut ; Congress Street, 
116 Congress ; Pine Street, 3 Pine ; Mount 
Zion, Mountfort street. 

CATHOLIC. 

Et. Eev. David AV. Bacon, Bishop. Immaculate 
Conception, Cumberland street ; St. Dominic's, 
36 State street. 

BAPTIST. 

First Baptist, 203 Congress street ; Free 
Street Baptist, 86 Free. 

tJNITAIlIAiq^. 

First Parish, 245 Congress street; Park Street, 
71 Pleasant street; Ministry at Large, 195 Cum- 
berland street. 

UXIVERSALIST. 

First TJni^rsalist, Congress square; Second 
Universalist, corner of Congress and India. 

SWEDENBOIlGIA]Sr. 

Kew Jerusalem, 69 High street. 



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SPIRITUALIST, ETC. 

Portland Spiritual Association, .351| Congress 
street ; Spiritual Fraternity, 301^ Congress. 

Second Advent, 355 Congress street; Advent 
Christian, 87 Free street. 



CEMETERIES. * 

ETERGREEN CEMETERY 

contains about one hundred acres of land situated 
in Deering. The grounds have been quite exten- 
sively improved and ornamented, and there are 
many handsome monuments, making the place 
very attractive as a drive. It is connected with 
the city by horse cars. 

THE EASTERN CEMETERY, 

corner of Congress and Mountfort streets, is 
the oldest cemetery of Portland. Here is buried 
Commodore Edward Preble, a distinguished 
commander in the American navy. Here, too, 
lie, side by side, the British captain Blythe, and 
the American captain Burroughs, — both killed 
in the engagement which took place off the har- 
bor, between the British brig Boxer and the 
American brig Enterprise. 
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26 GUIDE BOOK. 

THE WESTERN CEMETERY, 

on EramlialPs Hill, is very old, and is the burial- 
place of many people, once prominent in the 
community. 

MOUNT CALVARY CEMETERY, 

in Cape Elizabeth, is the consecrated ground of 
the Catholics. 

• FOREST CITY CEMETERY 

was opened by the city in 1859. 



ASSOCIATIONS, ETC; 

THE MERCHANTS EXCHANGE AND BOARD OF 
TRADE ROOMS 

are at No. 24 Exchange street, and to these 
rooms strangers are always welcome. 

PUBLIC LIBRARY. 

This Association was incorporated in 18G7, 
and has grown rapidly, having now in its posses- 
sion about 15,000 bound volumes, and the best 
periodical literature of the day. The rooms are 
upon the first floor of the City Government 
Building, and are always open to strangers. 



GUIDE BOOK. 27 

MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. 

Established in 1851. In the fire of '66, its libra- 
ry of 4,000 volumes was entirely destroyed, but 
its members have since collected about 5,000 vol- 
umes. Each winter since its foundation, the 
Association has given to the public a course of 
lectures, embracing many of the best lecturers 
in the country. The Association Rooms are on 
the corner of Congress and Temple streets. 

There are several Musical Organizations: The 
Hayden Society, having 300 members; the Ros- 
sini Club, consisting entirely of ladies; the Musi- 
cal Club, also composed of ladies; the Kreutzer 
Club; the Arion Club; and the Portland Band. 

WESTBROOK SEMINARY. 

This is a flourishing Universalist school, with 
handsome buildings and large grounds, and is 
situated directly upon the route of the horse 
cars. 

PORTLAND SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT. 

Erected in 1872. The vault is regarded as ' Fire 
and Burglar Proof,' and therefore must afford a 
degree of safety not usually looked for this side 
of paradise. 

PORTLAND YACHT CLUB. 

Organized in 1869. They have a pleasant club- 
room on Custom House wharf, and the members 
of the club are proprietors of several fast yachts. 



28 GUIDE BOOK. 

CHARITABLE. 

Among these are the Provident Associations, 
Samaritan Association, Widow's Wood Society, 
Female Charitable Society, Benevolent Society, 
Martha Washington Society, Irish American Re- 
lief Association, and St. Patrick's Benevolent 
Society. 

ARMY AND NAVY UNION. 

Established in 1866. Rooms, corner of Congress 
and Brown streets. This association has distrib- 
uted large sums of money to the families of de- 
ceased soldiers and sailors, has a good military- 
library, and gives, each winter, a course of en- 
tertainments similar to those given under the 
auspices of the Mercantile Library Association. 

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. 

Bosworth Post No. 2, has its head-quarters in 
Mechanics Hall, corner of Congress and Casco 
streets. The association is partly social, and part- 
ly charitable, and, during each winter, a great 
amount of good has been accomplished. 

MECHANICS ASSOCIATION. 

Incorporated in 1815. This association erected 
the granite building which is knowai as Mechan- 
ics Hall, and which is one of the landmarks of 
Portland. This building was completed in 1858, 
and is valued at $90,000. The association has a 
library of 4,000 volumes. 



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MASONIC BODIES 

are twelve in number, and all center at Ko. 95, 
Exchange street. 

ODD FELLOWS. 

There are eight organizations in the city, all 
having their head-quarters at 88 Exchange street 

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

have Wo lodges, both holding their meetings at 
No. 8 Clapp's Block. 

Y. M. C. A. 

The Eeading Kooms, Lecture Room, Library, 
etc., are in Mechanics Hall. 

Y. W. C. A. 

This association — organized in 1869 — has re- 
cently purchased the house No. 16 Spring street, 
as a ' Home' for those young women who enter 
the city to search for employment. 

FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM. 

Established by contributions in 1828. The asy- 
lum is on the corner of State and Danforth 
streets. It is controlled by a Board of Managers 
of fifteen ladies, and the average number of girls 
supported is about twenty-five. 

PORTLAND FRATERNITY. 

Rooms at 353|^ Congress street. The association 
maintains a free evening school, library, reading- 
room, and amusement room. 

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30 GUIDE BOOK. 

HOME FOR AGED WOMEIST. 

The home was for some years situated on Elm 
street, but in 1871 a building was erected, on 
Emery street, at a cost of $25,000. This build- 
ing is now occupied and is admirably suited to 
the purpose for which it was erected. 



MANUFACTURES AND TRADE. 

ROLLING MILLS. 

For the manufacture of railroad iron. The 
buildings of the company are situated in Cape 
Elizabeth and are connected with the city by 
Vaughan's Bridge, and with the railroads of the 
city by a railroad bridge, so that cars run direct- 
ly to the doors. The works are kept constantly 
running at their fullest capacity, and, during 
the past year (1872), about 200 men were em- 
ployed, and 14,000 tons of rails were manufac- 
tured. 

PORTLAND COMPANY. 

For the manufacture of all kinds of steam en- 
gines, railroad work, and general machinery. 
The buildings are situated near the Eastern 
Promenade. 



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KEROSENE OIL COMPANY. 

For the manufacture of kerosene, naphtha, and 
parafRne. The works are situated in Cape Eliza- 
beth, and the buildings occupy an area of two 
acres. 

FOREST CITY SUGAR REFINERY. 

For the manufacture of all kinds of sufrars. 
The Refinery is a large brick building on Com- 
mercial, near Emery street. 

EAGLE SUGAR REFINERY. 

For the manufacture of all grades of yellow 
and coffee sugars. Situated on Fore street near 
Mountfort street. 

DRY DOCK COMPANY. 

This company has two docks; the largest, 425 
feet long, 100 feet wide, with a depth of water 
on the gate-sill of 23 feet, at high tide, — the 
largest draught of water pertaining to any dock 
in the United States. The smaller dock is 175 
feet long, 180 feet wide, and has a depth of 12 
feet of water at high tide. 

GLASS WORKS. 

^bartered in 1863. The buildings are on Canal 
street, near the foot of Emery street. The glass 
manufactured here is of excellent quality and 
is sent largely to other markets. 

PORTLAND STAR MATCH COMPANY. 

The factory is situated on Commercial street, 
and is one of the most thoroughly fire-proof 



32 GUIDE BOOK. 

buildings in the country. The matches manu- 
factured here have a large sale throughout JSTew 
England, and are also shipped to the West 
Indies, South America, and the British Prov- 
inces. 

PRESUIVIPSCOT IRON COMPANY. 

The works of the company arejocated at the 
mouth of the Presumpscot River, about two 
miles from the city, near the Grand Trunk Rail- 
road. They have facilities for the accommoda- 
tion of the largest vessels. The buildings are 
large and well furnished with machinery. 



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PORTLAND GAS LIGHT COMPANY. 

Incorporated in 1859i The works are situated 
on Commercial, near the foot of Clark street. 

Other organizations are, Ocean Insurance Com- 
pany; Portland Lloyds; Portland Union Rail- 
way and Back Bay Land Company; Portland 
Real Estate and Building Company; Peak's Is- 
land Steamboat Company; Atwood Lead Com- 
pany; Cahoon Manufacturing Company; Port- 
land Stone Ware Company; Cement Drain Pipe 
Company ; Portland Distillery, and C. P. Kimball 
Company, 



GUIDE BOOK. 33 

RAILHOADS AND STEAMBOATS. 

THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY 

connects Portland with the grain-growing re- 
gions of the West, and with the principal cities 
and towns of Canada. This road passes through 
Paris, a thriving town of Maine, through Bethql, 
famous for its mountains and its elms, and 
through Gorham, K. H. At Gorham, stages for 
the Glen House connect with the road. Its de- 
pot and buildings in Portland occupy a large 
space on the eastern water front of the city. 

I^ear this depot are the wharves of the Allan 
line of ocean steamers. These steamers run 
weekly, during the winter, commencing on the 
middle of JSTovember. 

PORTLAND AND OGDENSBURG RAILROAD. 

This road is to form another connection be- 
tween Portland and the West, through Ogdens- 
burg, ]Sr. Y. It was finished to North Conway 
in 1872, and will soon be completed though the 
notch of the White Mountains. It passes through 
Pryeburg and North Conway, and when to these 
has been added the ' Notch,' it will make a suc- 
cession of mountain views unequaled by any 
road, of the same length, in the country. At 
Standish it connects with steamers on Lake 
Sebago for Bridgton. 



34 GUIDE BOOK. 

LAKE SEBAGO 

is one of the most beautiful lakes in the State; 
its natural scenery .far exceeds many of the 
watering places of the country, and it really 
pays the tourist to take a trip over its beautiful 
waters. Sebago, meaning in Indian a ' stretch of 
water,' is fourteen miles long by eleven broad, 
and is in some places four hundred feet deep. 
Upon the new and elegant side-wheel steamer 
' Sebago,' we commence our journey up the 
lake. The steamer is 87 feet long by 24 feet 
wide, contains an elegant saloon, and a prome- 
nade deck 72 feet long, covered with a perma- 
nent awning, and seats nearly 300" persons. 
Steaming up the lake, at the rate of fourteen 
knots an hour, we pass, on our right, Indian Is- 
land, with an area of seventy-five acres ; little 
One Tree Island, with its old tree surmounted 
with an eagle's nest; and, Frye's Island, with 
its thousand acres of dense forest. Still on, and 
we are now upon the broadest part of the lake. 
Flocks of white sea-gulls fly over our heads, 
while an occasional loon or a bevy of ducks start 
up in alarm at our approach, followed by the 
shots of sportsmen aboard. White-winged canal- 
boats are occasionally seen. Now and then a 
pickerel leaps out of the water, and laving in the 
clear depths are the larger cusk and the salmon- 
trout. To the north-east Rattlesnake Mountain 
is seen; and, in the same direction, near the 
lake, is the boyhood home of Kathaniel Haw- 



GUIDE BOOK. 35 

thorne. "We also pass on our right the fourteen 
Dingley Islands. The scenery on the west is 
wilder and more rugged. Saddleback Mountain, 
in Baldwin, is plainly visible, from which the 
eye roams north-east, beyond the ' Great Bay,' 
over the Sebago hills and farms and forests. 
Still further north is Peaked Mountain, beyond 
which the view extends northward to Mount 
Kearsarge, so blue and cold in the hazy distance, 
while the White Hills may be distinctly seen if 
the day is tolerably clear. 

TIP THE SONGO. 

We have been just one hour crossing the 
Lake. We now pass over the ' bar,' and enter- 
ing the mouth of the Songo, are making our 
tortuous way up what is aptly termed the crook- 
edest of all rivers. Songo is likewise of Indian 
origin, signifying 'The Outlet.' It is but two 
and a half miles, ' as the crow flies,' to the head 
of the river, and yet we must sail six miles and 
make twenty-seven turns! The passage up the 
Songo is one of continued delight — novel, unique, 
and in some respects exciting. The calm waters 
mirror the low trees and shrubs, the wild flowers 
and plants, of its winding shores. Here and 
there a tall elm or group of elms towers above 
the bushes, casting its cool shade upon the 
stream; occasionally we come to an opening, 
with tillage lands, and quaint farm-houses in the 
distance; while at some places, where the shore 



36 GUIDE BOOK. 

is abruptly high and free of turf, the bank 
swallows have made their homes, and dart to 
and fro in large numbers. Portions of the river 
are honored with expressive appellations, given 
them by canal boatmen, such as ' Sugar Loaf,' 
' Buck's Folly,' ' Ox Bow,' and ' Horse Eace.' 
After five miles sailing and turning we reach 
the picturesque ' Lock,' at the confluence of 
Songo and Crooked Rivers. The ' gates ' at the 
end nearest us are open, and after rounding the 
high steep bank at our left, we literally sail in- 
to a huge box. The gates close behind us, the 
water is admitted gradually through the upper 
gates, the steamier slowly rises until on a level 
with the river above, the upper gates swing 
open, and after the firemen have ' wooded up,' 
we quietly sail out of the locl^. We soon ac- 
complish the remaining mile of the Songo, and 
enter upon the ' Bay of Kaples.' 

UP LONG LAKE. 

Two miles across the Bay of Kaples; up the 
short Chute's River, and we reach the draw- 
bridge, at the foot of Long Lake, in Naples 
village. Through the draw, a few minutes at 
the wharf, and we are steaming up the narrow 
and beautiful Long Lake. On, — past Long 
Point, Bear Point, Lovejoy's Island, Mast-Cove 
Landing, Pleasant Point, and Mt. Henry, and 
after a nine miles' sail we reach the Bridgton 
wharf. Here a coach and four are in waiting to 
carry such of the passengers as wish to go to 



GUIDE BOOK. 37 

Bridgtoii Centre Village, one mile distant. This 
is one of the most important villages in the 
State. It has two excellent Iiotels, the Bridgton 
House, M. M. Davis, proprietor, and the Cum- 
berland House, Geo. H. Cummings, proprietor; 
and with its ample facilities for riding, fishing, 
boating, mountain-going and picknicing, has 
become a very popular summer resort. A few 
miles sail brings us to the quiet, attractive vil- 
lage of l^orth Bridgton, at the head of the lake. 
Stages connect daily with South Waterford, 
Waterford, and North Waterford. Prom North 
Bridgton the ' Sebago ' crosses the head of the 
lake to Harrison village, the terminus of the 
steamer's route. 

PORTLAND AND ROCHESTER RAILROAD. 

At Eochester, N. H., this road connects with 
the Dover & VVinnipisseogee Railroad, running 
to Alton Bay. In summer, passengers may leave 
Portland in the morning, reach Alton Bay, cross 
Lake Winnepisseogee to Center Harbor, and re- 
turn to Portland in the evening. 

MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD 

passes through Brunswick, Auburn, Lewiston, 
Augusta, Waterville, and Bangor, connecting at 
Bangor with the European & North American 
Railway to St. John. 

BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD. 

In 1872, this road was extended from the for- 
mer junction at South Berwick, to Portland. It 



38 GUIDE BOOK. 

passes directly by Old Orchard Eeach, and 
through Saco, Biddeford, and important manu- 
facturing towns in Massachusetts. 

EASTERN RAILROAD 

extends from Portland to Boston, and makes di- 
rect connections with the numerous watering 
places along the sea-shore. 

PORTLAND, BANGOR, AND MACHIAS STEAM- 
BOAT COMPANY. 

This is the ' inside line ' to Rockland, Belfast, 
Mt. Desert, and Machias. The accommodations 
are excellent, and the route along the coast of 
Maine is delightful. 

INTERNATIONAL STEA3ISHIP COMPANY. 

This line of steamers runs between Portland. 
Eastport, Calais, and St. John. The steamers 
are substantial and elegantly fitted. 

NEAV ENGLAND AND NOVA SCOTIA STEAMSHIP 
C03IPANY. 

This is a first-class line of steamers runn in- 
between Portland and Halifax, ciirrying the 
mails and affording excellent accommodations 
for travelers. 

PORTLAND STEAM PACKET COMPANY. 

Daily line between Portland and Boston, con- 
sisting of three first-class passenger boats. 

MAINU STEAMSHIP COMPANY. 

Semi-weekly line to Kew York, stopping at 



GUIDE BOOK. 39 

Martha's Yineyarcl during the summer months. 

All these lines are thoroughly fitted with life- 
boats, and are first class in all their appoint- 
ments. 

NEWSPAPEES. 

Portland Press, daily and weekly. Republican, 
109 Exchange street; Eastern Argus, daily, tri- 
weekly, and weekly, Democratic, 113 Exchange 
street; Portland Advertiser, evening and week- 
ly, Republican, 95 Federal street; Portland Tran- 
script, weekly, 44 Exchange street; The Star, 
Sunday morning, 111 Exchange street; Chris- 
tian Mirror, weekly, Congregational, 111 Ex- 
change street; Zion's Advocate, weekly, Bap- 
tist, 111 Exchange street; The State, weekly, 
95 Exchange street; The Enquirer, weekly, 129 
Middle street; The m)rth East, monthly. Epis- 
copalian, 91 Middle street; Masonic Token, 
quarterly, 'No. 37 Plumb street; Maine Journal 
of Education, monthly magazine, 111 Exchange 
street. 



A SUMIAEY HISTORY OF PORTLAND, 



BY WILLIAM WILLIS. 



The settlement of the town was couunenced in 1632, 
by George Cleeves and Eicliard Tucker, two persons 
who came from Tlymonth, England. They originally 



40 GUIDE BOOK. 

took possession of land at the mouth of Spurwink river 
in Cape Elizabeth, bnt being driven from this point, by 
the legal proprietors of the soil, they sought a new 
honie on this neck. The}' made their location on the 
bay at the eastern end of the town, below what is now 
India street, on the south slope of Mim joy's Hill. There 
Cleeves built the lirst house that was erected on this 
territory, near a small brook which flowed from a nat- 
ural fountain on the hill, and wliich continiies to Aow 
for the uses of the i^resent generation, and to the emol- 
ument of the proprietor, who has enclosed the waters 
in an aqueduct and makes merchandise of them. 
Cleeves' corn-field extended to Clay Cove, and his barn 
stood in Avhat is now the south-eastern corner of the 
cemetery. The Indian name of tliis spot was Machi- 
gonne, from Matche, bad, ijon, clay. 

Cleeves finding the spot he had selected most eligible 
and agreeable, returned to England in 1G37, and prcj- 
cured for himself and Tiicker, from Sir Ferdinando 
Gorges, the proprietor of that i^art of Maine wldch lies 
between the Kennebec and I'iscataqua rivers, and the 
zealous promoter of colonization on our coast, a grant 
of the peninsula and the land north of Back Cove to 
the Falls of the I'resumpscot, and the adjacent islands. 
He immediately set about improving his large domain. 
He placed his son-in-law, Michael Mitton, whom he 
brought over with him in 1637', upon the point of land 
at the western end of the town, now called Clark's 
Point, where the gas works stand. Tucker took the 
intermediate portion of the Xe^k; and they parcelled 
out the teiTitory, and that no'th-west of Back Cove, to 
settlers who sought the place. ISIitton also received a 
lease for sixty years of Peak's, then called Pond Island, 
which lies near the mouth of the harbor, and a portion 
of which is now held by the Bracketts, who are hLs de- 
scendants. 




Rocti€00<l, Photo. Rug, 



POST OFFICE. 



f. 



GUIDE BOOK. 41 

The settlement continued to be called the Neck, and 
Casco Neck, until its incorporation as Portland in 1780. 
In 1058, Massachusetts, claiming the territory and jur- 
isdiction of this portion of Gorges' grant, by a forced 
construction of their charter, compelled the inhabitants, 
all unwillingly, to submit to her government, and then 
gave the narne of Falmouth to the large tract of land 
lying between Si^urwink RiA^er and Casco Bay, extend- 
ing back to the line of Windham, and bounded by 
Scarboroiigh, Gorliam, Windham, and Cumberland, 
embx-acing an area of about 40,000 acres, and including 
tile present towns of Portland, Cape Elizabeth, West- 
brook, and Falmouth. The different localities retained 
for many years, and even to the present time, man,y of 
them, their ancient designations, such as Purpooduc 
and Spurwink in Cape Elizabeth; Stroudwater, Sac- 
carappa, and Capisic in Westbrook; Casco, Old Casco, 
Back Cove, and the Neck; which were rendered con- 
venient by the large space occiipied by the original 
town. 

Settlers of a most resj^ectable character soon flocked 
into the town, attracted by the advantages offered for 
fishing, lumber, and trade. The Bracketts, Thomas 
and Anthony, came early from Greenland, N. H., and 
married the daughters of Michael Mitton, Anne and 
Mary, by whom they had large families, and inherited 
extensive estates, embracing the Deering farm at Back 
Cove, and a large tract at the upper end of the Neck. 
George Munjoy, from Boston, an educated man, who 
married the daughter of Deacon John Phillips, a 
wealthy merchant of Boston, also came as early as 
1659, and with his father-in-law piirchased of Cleevea 
the hill which now wears his name in perpetual remem- 
brance. Thaddeus Clark, from Ireland, married Eliza- 
beth, another daughter of Mitton, and granddaughter 
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42 GUIDE BOOK. 

of Cleeves, and established liiinself on the point which 
has ever since borne his name. His eldest daughter 
married Capt. Edward Tjnig, a name distinguished in 
the annals of Massachusetts. George Burroughs, the 
minister, a gi'aduate of Harvard College in the class of 
1670, came to preach to the people and had a liberal 
endowment of land. At Cape Elizabeth, and Back 
Cove, there were other settlers in this early day, of 
equal respectability, Jordans, Phippens, AVhites, An- 
drews, Skillings,. etc., whose annals fall into another 
department of description. The settlement was tlour- 
isliing and happy, and contained with its s;irroundings 
over forty f andlies, five of whom were upon the Neck ; 
when suddenly the dark cloud of Indian war over- 
shadowed them, and in August, 1()7B, all the settlements 
in the town were ravaged, and the inhabitants who hacl 
not previously sought refuge in more secure places, 
were killed or carried into capti\dty, and the place was 
entirely destroyed. Among the killed were Thomas 
Brackett, his brother-in-law, Xath'l Mitton, John 
Munjoy, and Isaac Wakely ; Anthony Brackett and his 
fandly, and the family of his brother Thomas, were 
taken captives. 

The town remained desolate untU the conclusion of 
peace in 1G7S, when the inhabitants began to return and 
build up the waste places. In that year, George Bram- 
hall, of Portsmouth, purchased the farm at the western 
end of the town, including tlie liill whiidi retains his 
name, and established at its foot a large tannery. The 
original deed of this tract to Hope Allen from Cleaves, 
written on parchment and dated HW), is in the hands of 
the writer (jf this article. Anthony Brackett, who oc- 
cupied the Deering farm returned in 1(579. Thaddeus 
Clark and the Munjoy fauuly also returned, Mrs. 
Munjoy, whose husband died in 16.S0, married the same 
^ear, Capt. Kobert Lawrence. These entered into pos- 



GUIDE BOOK. 43 

session of their respective estates. jOapt. Tyng and Syl- 
vanus Davis also came, and the Eev. Mr. Burroughs, 
for whom a meeting-house was erected on the point 
now occupied by the Portland Company's Avorks. A 
fine accession was made to the town in 1(387, by the ar- 
rival of Dr. Pierre Baud(niin, a Huguenot physician 
from Rochelle, with his son-in-law, Stephen Boutineau, 
and their friends, Philip Barger, and Philip LeBretton. 
These respectable persons made purchases and erected 
houses near the foot of Park street, on the bank of the 
river; the other settlers, except the Bramhalls, Clark, 
and the Bracketts, settled near the foot of India street, 
which was then the principal seat of business and dwell- 
ing, on the Keck, and where Fort Loyal, the largest for- 
tification on this coast was constructed. 

Under these favorable circiimstances, the town was 
making rapid progress ; its population was remarkably 
intelligent and enterprishig, and it is impossible to say 
what might not have been the result of such ability and 
energy, the Protestant French element in the Bowdoin 
family, mingling with the Anglo-Saxon, had not the 
disastrous Indian war of 1(389 driven the largest part of 
the population away, and murdered and captured what 
remained. Lieut. Clark and thirteen of his company 
were killed by a party of French and Indians in am- 
bush on Man joy's Hill. Capt. LaAvrence, Avho had a 
stone house on the hill, was also killed. Among the 
slain in the several engagements, were prominent men, 
as George Bramhall, Anthony Brackett, Andrew Alger, 
Jas. Freeze, Thomas Browne, and Mr. Palmer. On 
the IGth of May, 1(3:)0, Fort Loyal was taken, after a 
siege of five days, by 500 French and Indians, and Capt. 
Davis, commander of the Fort, with his surviving gar- 
rison, were carried captive to Quebec. Among the 
slain were John Parker, the ancestor of the late Chief 
Justice Parker of Massachusetts, and liis son James. 
Thus was this devoted town a second time entirely 



44 GUIDE BOOK. 

destroyed; and no successful attempts were made to 
revive it until after the peace of Utrecht in 1713, vrhen 
it was hoped the coiintry would he freed from Indian 
depredations. A few of the old settlers then straggled 
back, some of the descendants of others, and disabled 
soldiers wlio had served on tliis frontier, remained here 
and were gradually joined by others. The chief of 
these new settlers was Major Samuel Moody, who had 
been an active partisan in the war, a son of Rev. Joshua 
Moody, and a graduate of Harvard in 1689, as was also 
liis son Joshua, in the class of 1710. Capt. Larrabee, 
who had also been in the service, moved his family 
here in 1717, the same year in which Major Moody 
moved his. The Ingersolls, the Skillings, the Sawyers, 
Mountfort, Doughty, Collier, Mills, the Bracketts, the 
Barbours, Thomes, and the Gustins, all came along 
about the same time, and erected their humble habita- 
tions, some on the Xeck, others at Back Cove, and Cape 
Elizabeth. In 171S there were twenty families settled 
on the Nei'k in a compact and defensible manner, and 
the same year the General Court by their committee, 
run out the lines and bounded the town, and thereupon 
corporate powers were granted to it, embracing the 
whole of ancient Falmouth. 

The rebuilding of the town commenced on the tract 
east of Clay Cove, principally at the foot of India street, 
then called Broad street, and below that, on the margin 
of the bay, where had stood the houses of Cleeves, 
Munjoy, Lawrence, etc. Tlus continued to be the 
coiirt end of the town until after the peace of 1783. It 
was on the corner of Middle and India streets that the 
meeting-house was erected, where the Eev. Jonathan 
Pierpont first preached, and where the first settled 
minister, Eev. Thomas Sndth, commenced his ministry 
of over sixty-eight years in 1727. This was a humble, 
one-story building, without seats and without glass, 
and continued to Jje the only house of worship on tlie 



GUIDE BOOK. 45 

Neck, until 1740, ^Yhen tlie new wooden building, two 
stories liigli and full of windows, with a porch, but 
without a tower or steeple, was opened for worship in 
July, 1740; and was the meeting-house of the First 
Parish until removed in 1824 to make room for the pres- 
ent stone church of that societ^'^, dedicated in February, 
182(5; all the while receiving imiDrovements, such as 
enlargement, tower, steeple, bell, j)aint, etc. 

The remainder of the town at the time of its incor- 
poration, 1718, above Clay Cove, was but little im- 
proved, a large part of it was covered by a forest, and 
along where Federal and Fore streets are, were swamps, 
which even down to the days of the llevolution were 
covei-ed with alder and blueberry bushes, where there 
were not ponds. A brook flowed from a pond in the 
northern part of Hampshire street into Clay Cove, 
which Avas crossed by bridges on Fore and Middle 
streets, under Avhich boats passed. On Fore street, 
which ran on the bank of the river up to Centre street, 
houses gradually were built, the IngersoUs and Proctor 
owning most of the land. The passages, being first but 
trails or foot paths through the woods, grew gradually 
into streets, as veliicles requiring them were intro- 
duced, and settlers occu]3ied their grants, and they were 
named from their position, the Fore, the Middle, and 
the Back streets. Broad street was afterwai'ds digni- 
fied by the name of King street, which in time came to 
be too aristocratic, and was named India, while Back, 
became Queen, and which by a like reversion of opin- 
ion, came to be Confjress street. 

The old meeting-house, after 1740, was used for a 
town-house and school-house until 1774, when it was 
removed to make way for a new court-house, Avhich 
was erected on the spot. New settlers were now con- 
tinually coming in of substantial character, who brought 
little capital, but good trades, industrious habits, and 
energy of character. The Joneses from Worcester 



46 GUIDE BOOK. 

county; Longfellow, Mooclys, Pearson, Titcomh, Dole, 
Lowell, Coffin, Ilsleys, Lnnts, Noyeses, Moodys, from 
Essex connty; Bangs, Cobbs, and Freeman, from Cape 
Cod; Waites from Chai'lestown ; AYaldos and Watts, 
Tyng and Codmau from Boston ; Preble and Bradbnrys 
from York ; Pagan and Ross from the old country, both 
Scotchmen. 

The sixty years from the settlement in 1715, to the 
time of the Eevolntion, was a period of steady growth; 
and an extensive and profitable business, for that day, 
was done hei'e. Mast ships were built and loaded Avith 
the gi'owth of our forests, owned and employed abroad ; 
great quantities of lumber were manufactured and 
shipped, and the West India trade was successfully 
conducted. In September, 1750, three large ships and 
a S71010, the then name for a brig, were loading here. 
In October, 1702, Capt. Ross had a ship of 700 tons come 
into the harbor for a cargo of deals, etc., l)eside which, 
were six other ships and snows here at the same time. 
On Nov. 1, 1700, six large ships were lying in the har- 
bor. But the inhabitants owned no large vessels, none 
exceeding 150 tons, and these were sloops, schooners, 
and brigs. At the commencement of the Revolution, 
the amount of tonnage owned in Portland was 2,555, 
the principal owners being Enoch Ilsley, Capt. Pote, 
Waite, Mayo, Pagan, Titcomb, Sandford, Preble, and 
Oxnard. 

The lumbering and fishing interests were absorbing; 
agriculture was so much neglected, that the staple arti- 
cles of life were imported into the place, corn from 
North Carolina, potatoes, etc., from Massachusetts and 
other parts of New England. 

The population of the Neck gradually increased; in 
1753, it numbered 720 souls, while the wliole town, in- 
cluding Cape Elizabeth, contained 2,712, and at that 
time there were 21 slave? in town. Parson Smith own- 
ing one. In 1759 there were upon the Neck, 136 dwell- 



GUIDE BOOK. 47 

ing-hoiises, and four warehouses, occupied by families, 
containing in all, !)()() inhabitants ; these were increased 
in 1774 to 2,000, and the territory was occupied as far 
westward as Centre street, with a few scattering houses 
above ; the upper portion of the Neck, and the margin 
of Back Cove were covered witli woods, and portions 
of the central parts with alder swamps and small 
ponds. , 

And now came the tldrd severe trial wliich this 
doomed town was destined to undergo. On the 18th of 
October, 1775, the fairest portion of the thriving village 
was laid in ashes by a British fleet, under the command 
of Henry Mowatt, consisting of five Avar vessels. The 
catastrophe may justly, I think, be attributed to a pri- 
vate pique of the commander, rather than to any public 
emergency. MoAvatt had been seized while walking on 
Munjoy's Hill, with his surgeon and the Kev. Mr. Wis- 
wall, the Episcopal minister, by Col. Thompson, from 
Brunswick, with a party of militia, and they Avere kept 
prisoners some hours, until upon the urgent entreaty 
of the principal inhabitants, they Avere released on their 
parole ; the officers on board the vessel liaA'iug threat- 
ened to fire upon the town unless they Avere immedi- 
ately given 111). This was in May; considerable dis- 
turbance took place during the summer between the 
whigs and tories, the latter of whom Avere numerous 
and inflxTcntial, numbering among them Sheriff Tyng, 
Capt. Pote, the Oxnards, Pagan, the Wyers, Coulson, 
etc. ; several others, without taking an actiA'e part, sym- 
pathized with them. The whigs were led off by the 
Freemans, Prebles, Waites, and others equally respect- 
able, among Avhom was Theophilus Parsons, then a 
young laAA'yer here, and afterwards Chief Justice of 
Massachusetts. These Avere stimulated and sustained 
by hot spirits from the country, aa^Iio poured into the 
village, and could hardly be restrained from doing vio- 
lence. It is supposed that Mowatt' s private grievances 



48 GUIDE BOOK. 

• 

and the exasperation of the tories here induced this 
commander to procure orders fronx Ms superior, Ad- 
miral Graves, on the Boston station, to destroy th^ 
town. At any rate, armed with authority, he returned 
on the lOtli of October, and on the 18th laid the town in 
ashes. All the compact part of the town was de- 
stroyed, embracing 414 buildings, which included the 
jiew court-house, the Episcopal church, and custom- 
house; the whole loss was estimated by a committee, 
at about £.»,000; onl^^ 100 dwelling-houses were left 
.standing, many of Avliich were much damaged. The 
meeting-house of the First Parisli escaped destruction 
by the vigilance of its friends, although riddled by can- 
non balls, and stood a relic of the past until 1824. The 
oidy houses for worship at that time, on the Neck, were 
the meeting-house of the First Parish, in wliich offi- 
ciated tne venerable Smith and his colleague, Samnel 
Deane, both sons of Harvard, and which ministries ex- 
tended from 1727 to 1814, the former over sixty-eight 
years, the latter fifty years ; and the Episcopal church, 
in which officiated the Rev. John Wiswall. 

Little was done toward restoring the town until the 
[>eace of 1783. The inhabitants, who remained among 
the ruins, suffered many privations, and those who had 
removed to the countrj^ had no means to rebuild their 
desolate habitations. But with the cheering advent of 
peace, a new era commenced in the place. Eapid ac- 
cessions were made to the population from the old 
country and the more settled parts of New England; 
trade reAived ; the lumber and fisliing and ship-build- 
ing business took a lively start; and for the next twen- 
ty-five j-ears, until the disastrous days of the embargo 
and non-intercourse, the town experienced an uninter- 
rupted course of prosperity. In 1784, fortj^-one dwell- 
ing-houses, ten stores, and seven shops were built ; tlie 
next year, thirty-three houses, and so on from year to 
year. The first brick building built in town, being the 



GUIDE BOOK. 49 

liou^*e of Gen. Wadsworth, now standing; on Congress 
street, west of Preble House, was begun in 1784. 

In 1780, the Neck was incorporated as a separate 
town, by the name of Portland, a fancy selection of the 
inhabitants, the population then being about 2,000. In 
l>oston the same year it was 14,(540. • In 1832 it received 
a cit.y charter, and had a population of 13,000. The 
population increased in each decade as follows: in 1790, 
2,240; 1800, 3,704, living in 4G0 dwelling-houses; 1810, 
7,109; 1820, 8,581, embraced in 1,507 families ; 1830, 12,601 ; 
1840, 15,218; 1848, 19,013, living in 1,540 dwelling-houses; 
18.50, 20,878; 1800, 20,342; 1870, 31,418. 

During the year 1800 the people of Portland shared in 
the general excitement of the presidential election, and 
the threatening aspect of the slavery question. When 
Mr. Lincoln was elected, and the insurrection had so 
far advanced in Charleston, S. C. , as the attack on Fort 
Sumter, in April, 1801, Portland showed its patriotism 
and devotion to the national flag by its almost unani- 
mous response to the President's call for volunteers. 

The five military companies then organized under 
State authority, uniformed and under theiisual disci- 
pline for street parade, voted to respond to the three 
months' call for 75,000 men. These companies were 
the Old Portland Light Infantry, Mechanic Blues, Eifle 
Corps, Light Guards, and. Rifle Guards. It was ar- 
ranged that volunteers might be substituted for any 
members who did not choose to enlist. One other com- 
pany was raised in Pcu'tland, which, added to four com- 
ing from Lewiston, Auburn, and Norway, constituted 
a i-egiment of 771 men. , They were ready April 27th, 
chose their officers, made Nathaniel J. Jackson Colonel, 
and were mustered into the United States service May 
3, 1861. . . 

This first regiment encamped in Westbrook, near the 
Marine Hospital. It was considered a Portland regi- 
ment, or nearly so, and it hoped to be the first to leave 
5 



50 GUIDE BOOK. 

the State for the defense of the national capital. Un- 
fortunately, the measles broke out in the canip, and 
orders came from Gen. Scott not to march until the epi- 
demic had ceased. The regiment eventually broke 
camp and marched through Portland June 1st. It per- 
formed guard duty in the city of AVashington during its 
three months' service, — was not in the Bull Hun rout, 
nor any battle, returned without the loss of a man, and 
Avas nuistered out of service on the 3d of September suc- 
ceeding. 

But the rebellion 'was not put down in three months, 
and patriotic people in Portland were active in organiz- 
ing other regiments, especially the 5th, 9th, 10th, (re- 
formed largely from tlie 1st), the l'.^th, 13th, 17th, and 
especially the 25th, a three months' regiment, led by 
Col. Francis Fessenden. 

Afterwards, as the war became more serious and 
alarming, Portland came forward with hosts of recruits 
for the 29th and 30th, and other regiments,— the caval- 
ry, and the batteries, as appear by the Adjutant Gener- 
al's report, making in all about 5,000 men. Of these, 
421 lost their lives in battle or from diseases consequent 
upon exposure; namely, one lieutenant-colonel, one 
surgeon in the army, one in the navy, three navy 
otRcers, twelve army captains, fourteen army lieuten- 
ants, thirty-two sergeants, tliirty-three corporals, two 
musicians, three hundred and seven privates, and fif- 
teen sailors. The bounty paid by Portland ^^•as 
$428,970, and in the 'equalization' of the bounties by 
the State, the city was doomed to pay an interest tax 
on a much larger sum than this. 

During the national struggle the aid rendered by 
Portland was prompt and generous. We have no 
means of stating the large sums of money contributed 
in aid of the sanitary and christian commissions, the 
unbounded offerings of clotliing, provisions, and deli- 
cacies for the hospitals, the noble sacrifices of women 



GUIDE BOOK. 51 

who gave their services as nurses, and left conifortahle 
homes for the drudgery of waiting on the sick and 
dying, — ^but those patriotic services are well known and 
remembered. 

The ]3ension list shows the names of many residents 
wlio now receive aid for injuries sustained by them or 
their relatives during the war. 

The common fling of cowardice and sloth at those 
who remained at home will not justly apply to Port- 
land. Her citizens were prompt and ready for any 
emergency. The vigilant action in the Tacony affair 
was a most brilliant success, and its gallantry will re- 
dound to the honor of Portland and the nation. 

The Tacony, a small rebel bark under command of 
Lieut. C. W. I'eade, had made many depredations on 
this coast. Lieut. Eeade, on June 24, 1863, captured a 
fishing schooner, transferred his effects, and burned the 
Tacony. In the disguise of a fishing craft he entered 
the harbor J;tne 2Gth, and during the night succeeded 
in capturing the U. S. revenue cutter, Caleb Gushing, 
then lying at anchor. Early the next morning, when 
it was discovered that the cutter was missing, the news 
spread like wildfire. The collector of the port, Jede- 
diah JcAvett, in conjunction with the Mayor, Capt. 
Jacob McLellan, took immediate measures to send .a 
force in pursuit. Thirty men were obtained from Fort 
Preble, and put on board the steamer Forest City, with 
such guns, ammunition, and officers as could be hastily 
procured. The New York steamer Chesapeake and 
another small steamer and tug-boat were secured. Ex- 
perienced pilots, gunners, naval officers, and about 100 
volunteers, with plenty of ammunition, were on board 
and started at 11 o'clock. 

The cutter (a sailing vessel) was found somewhat be- 
calmed near the Green Islands, and after a slight re- 
sistance, Lt. Eeade set her on fire, and took to his boats 
I to regain his fislxing schooner. The fire soon communi- 



52 ^ GUIDE BOOK. 

cated with the magaziue containiug 400 pounds of pow- 
der, which exploded with a terrihc concussion at two 
o'clock. Thousands viewing the scene from prominent 
points in the city, witnessed the closing career of the 
U. S. cutter, 'Caleb Cushing.' In the mean time, the 
rebels, twenty-three in number, were pursued, cap- 
tured, and placed in confinement in Fort Preble. The 
brilliant termination of the expedition was honored by 
the ringing of bells, the firing of cannon, and the jubi- 
lant demonstrations of the peoj)le. 

The Secretary of the Treasury wrote a letter to Col- 
lector Jewett, awarding liigh praise to him and his as- 
sociate for tlieir prompt action and success. 

The capture of these pirates, as they were called, 
fitted out from the crew of the Florida to destroy our 
shii3i)ing, was a timely gratification to the government, 
as well as to the loyal people generally, in that dark 
hour of the nation's struggle, Avhen the rebels were 
marcliing victoriously through Pennsylvania. 

The first thought was to execute lleade and his asso- 
ciates for piracy ; but he showed a connnission from the 
confederate government, so they were treated as pris- 
oners of war, and exchanged in due time. 

The effect of the war on the mercantile business of 
the j)lace, on the whole, may not be considered disas- 
trous. Doiibtless there were individual instances of 
suffering and loss, and the national debt was enormous- 
ly increased; but the local business was prosperous. 
Large sums of monej' came in fronr the soldiers, and 
for supplies of various kinds, — from ship-building, 
charter of vessels, horses, wagons, clothing, and from 
many articles which gave employment and profit to the 
producers. 

The commercial interest is now increasing rapidly, 
although it received a severe shock during the war, by 
a transfer of our shipping to the British flag. The 



GUIDE BOOK. 53 

amount of tonnage hailing from this port is nearly 
100,000 tons. 

The imports for the year 1873, amounted to il$23,000,- 
000, the exports, $22,000,000, an increase over 1871 of 
$4,000,000 each. 

On the conclusion of the peace of 1783, there "were but 
two religious societies in Portland, the First Parish 
and the Episcopal society; the latter had become al- 
most extinct by the withdrawal of so many of its mem- 
bers as loyalists. In 1787, the 2d Congregational So- 
ciety was established. This was followed by a society 
of Quakers, who erected a brick meeting-house in 
1795; a Methodist society was organized the same year; 
a Baptist society in 1801 ; a Freewill Bai^tist in 1810 ; a 
Universalist'in 1821; a SAvedenborgian in 1821; a Ro- 
man Catholic in 1822. A Catholic Bishop, Dr. Bacon, 
the first appointed to the Diocese of Maine, was conse- 
crated in 1855. The 3d Congregational Church was es- 
tablished in 1825; High Street Church, in 1830; Park 
Street, in 1835; State Street, in 1852; Union (now 
Plymouth) church, in 1850; St. Lawrence Street, in 
1857. In 1803 the Episcopalians erected the first brick 
church, St. Paul's, on School, now Pearl street (they 
subsecpiently adopted the name of vSt. Stephen's), and 
in 1855, another society, formed two years i:)reviously, 
under the name of St. Luke, built the stone church on 
Congress, near State street. By the fire of 18()r), St. 
Stephen's church was destroyed, and this society pur- 
chased, later, the stone church on Congress street, while 
the society of St. Luke's Church erected a stone cathe- 
dral on State street. There is also, on Congress street, 
near India street, a quaint little stone church erected 
by a society recently formed under the name of St. 
Paul. 

There are now six National banks and two Savings 
banks : 



54 GUIDE BOOK. 

First Xational, Middle street, corner of Plumb street; 
capital SHOU,000. 

Casco National, Middle street; capital, $800,000. 

Canal National, Middle street; capital, 8<30O,00O. 

Merchants Xational, 36 E:^ change street ; capital, 
$300,000. 

National Traders, Si Exchange street; capital, $250,- 
000. 

Cumberland National, GO Exchange street; capital, 
$250,000. 

Portland Savings Bank, 91 Exchange street; deposits 
$4,250,000. 

Maine Savhigs Bank, 100 ^Middle street; deposits, 
$3,730,000. 

Portland is proud of the tine IniUdings that have been 
erected for its banking institutions. The Casco Nation- 
al Bank have a large block on 31iddle street, of the 
beautiful Hallowell granite, and the First National, 
Canal National, and ^Merchants National, line blocks of 
freestone. The Portland Savings Bank have a fine 
block on Exchange street. 

The literary and benevolent institutions of the place 
ha^e kept pace Avith the progress of the town and of 
the age. The whole number of public schools is nine- 
teen, of which seven are High and Grammar Schools, 
and the balance Prinuiry. The number of teachers em- 
ployed is 100 ; and of pupUs in attendance, 4,500 ; and 
the amount appropriated by the city for 1873, was 
.$(59,500. Besides the.>e public schools are several pri- 
vate ones, in which classical and other studies are pur- 
sued, the most i^romiueut of which are Portland Busi- 
ness College, L. A. Gray, Principal, 11 Clapp's Block, 
and St. Augustine School, Eev. D. F. Smith, Pvcctor. 
45 Danforth street. 



GUIDE BOOK. 55 



FKOM 'an account OF THE 



GREAT FIRE IN PORTLAND, 



JULY 4TH AND 5TH, 1866. 



BY JOHN NEAL. 



About five o'clock, on the afternoon of our great 
National Sabbath, while our streets were crowded with 
strangers from all parts of the country, and what 
seemed to be the larger part of our whole population 
was about, enjoying the delicious weather and waiting 
for the fire-works — the balloon-bubble having burst, 
like a forerunner of the great catastrophe at hand — the 
tinkle of a distant fire-bell was heard, and soon after, 
the rattling of engines on their way toward Commercial 
street. 

No alarm was felt ; we had been so greatly favored, 
that we had grown boastful and presumptuous. Our 
largest fires had always been so well managed, our fire 
comp'anies were so zealous and faithful, and our losses 
for a long time had been so trifling, that although in- 
surance rates were unreasonably low, in comparison 



56 GUIDE BOOK. 

with rates elsewliere, very few of our people had more 
than a thh'd or half iusiirauce, while others by hun- 
dreds, had no insurance at all, and some few of our 
large property-holders had been long in the habit of 
insuring themselves, or of insuring in home offices with 
small capital, upon the ground that all such business 
had better be kept at home — forgetting that, if the prin- 
ciple was sound, next-door neighbors might as well 
insure each otlier, and the system of mutual indorse- 
ment be applied, in the shape of mutual guaranties 
against fire. 

For the first half hour, indeed, so little concern was 
felt, that very tew among the thirty odd thousand in- 
habitants of our prosperous and beautiful city — one of 
the most beautiful and prosi^erous on the face of the 
earth — took the trouble of ascertaining for themselves 
what the danger was, or which way the wand blew. 
All sorts of stories were abroad. The fire was located 
in half a dozen places, and more than once the cry of 
'All out!' was heard, and the alarm bells were stopped 
for a season, only to be set a-going again, with more 
vehemence than ever, after a short interval. 

After a while, however, a gentleman riding through 
State street, where the people were congregated by 
I^arishes, stopped long enough to say, that while over 
on Cape Elizabeth, he had seen enough to satisfy him, 
that the fire, which had originated in a boat builder's 
shop on Commercial street, near the foot of High street, 
would certainly take the great sugar house establish- 
ment of Brown & Sons, that he had lost no time in 
commxmicating with one of the parties, and that the 
buildings were already on fire, in several places. 

But, inasmuch, as they had been constructed with 
great care, by a man of remarkable sagacity, prudence, 
and foresight, and were well-nigh, if not altogether tire- 
proof, and though covering a vast area, were complete- 
ly walled in from the whole neighborhood, it was taken 



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57 



Lfor gi-anted that just there, if nowhere else, the fire 

|would be stopped, or go out of itself ; so that for a long 

irhile, there was nothing of consternation or hurry to 

he seen, and very little anxiety or alarm felt, beyond 

the immediate neighborhood. 

But by and by the wind sprang up ; a great roaring 
was heard afar off, and coming nearer and nearer — the 
door-steps and house-tops began to be crowded with 
breathless listeners — all conversation was carried on in 
a low voice, and consisted of little more than brief hur- 
ried questions and answers; the heavens gathered 
blackness, and a hurricane of fire swept over the city, 
carrying cinders and blazing fragments of wood far in- 
to the country, and actually firing houses on North 
street, more than a mile away, and soon after, in Fal- 
mouth, five miles distant. 

By this time, people began to tliink of Him, who 
'maketh his ministers a flame of fire.' Hands and 
hearts were lifted in supplication— the wings of the de- 
stroying Angel seemed overshadowing the city — God's 
judgments were abroad, and voices, almost unearthly 
in their earnestness, were heard coming uj) out of the 
darkness below. 

Then came the crash of walls — the screams of women 
and cliildreu, fleeing for their lives, or huddled together 
at the corners, among their broken furniture and house- 
hold goods— the blast of trumpets— the blowing up of 
buildings — heavy explosions — the fall of spires and 
churches, and huge warehouses, like the tumbling bat- 
tlements of a beleaguered city, carried by storm. " 

On swept the whirlwind of fire, spreading out like a 
fan as it went, directly through the wealtliiest and 
busiest part of our city; and with such inconceivable 
swiftness, that people knew not whither to fly for safe- 
ty, and household furniture and costly merchandise 
had to be moved again and again, only to be burned up 
at last; and fir.e-proof warehouses, with iron shutters 



58 GUIDE BOOK. 

and slated roofs, crumbled and fell iu heaps before the 
terrific heat. Masses of iron melted — even a mortar 
used for a sign to an apothecary's shop, on being struck 
by the fiery blast, fell upon the pavement, like melted 
lead. Kegs of nails were fused into solid masses, and 
glass and crockery into jewels, that seem to be greatly 
prized by the curious, as relics. 

Most of the streets hereinafter enumerated were all 
on fire at once ; and though the fire companies belong- 
ing to the city, as well as others from Bath, Lewiston, 
Saco, Biddeford, Aii^gusta, Gardiner, and Boston, la- 
bored on, hour after !iour, without quailing or flinch- 
ing, in the midst of danger as great as that of the battle- 
ffeij — -^vitb falling chimneys and tumbling walls, and 
showers of broken slate, and clouds of smoke, and blaz- 
ing cinders all about them, and a suffocating, scorching 
atmosphere that few could breathe in safety, they only 
succeeded in staying the conflagration along the out- 
skirts; leaving the main current to exhaust itself, at a 
distance of more than a mile from the place where it 
originated— sweeping away most of our public build- 
ings, no less than eight churches, all our banks and in- 
surance oiiices, and law ofiices— all our printing estab- 
lishments, all our dry goods and shoe dealers and jew- 
elers, and business blocks, both wholesale and retail, 
along the streets mentioned; eight hotels, tlu-ee large 
school-houses, and over one hundred — more than half — 
of all our manufacturing establishments— and stopping 
only in Cue direction for lack of material ; in another at 
a sand-bank, and in another at the old grave-yard, 
where lies accumulated the dust of a larger population 
by far, than our city now numbers among the living; 
and where an eye-witness asserts that he saw a great 
multitude rushing hither and thither, like so many dis- 
tracted creatures, in the midst of rolling clouds and 
flashing fires, as if the sheeted sleepers had been scared 
to life. 



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No experience we have had was fitted to prepare xia 
for the teri2l)le catastrophe. Our fire department Avas 
admirable, ' and supposed to be efficient — with two or 
three exceptions perhaps — for every i^ossible contingen- 
cy, and the behavior of our fire companies, worthy of 
the highest praise from first to last ; many of them leav- 
ing all they had on earth to be destroyed, or pillaged, 
while they occupied the fore front of the battle-ground 
— acquitting themselves like men, together with the 
brave, generous fellows from out of town. But from 
the first, or within two hours, at furthest, it was seen 
that steamers and fire companies, however efficient, on 
all ordinary occasions, were entirely j)owerless, within 
the immediate range of the Destroyer. Water was of 
no use; it was instantly converted into flame, flashing 
up like gunpowder, when it struck the glowing mass, 
and so fierce and terrible was the onset, that many bare- 
ly escaped with their lives, while yet the danger was 
believed to be far off. 

After raging for fifteen hours, in the direction it took 
from the first, diagonally across the most crowded and 
the busiest portion of our city, and along the outskirts, 
where it was occasionally checked, and turned into new 
channels, the conflagration stopped. The wind had 
providentially sliifted, and there was nothing more to 
feed it, in the course it now took, till it reached a sand- 
cliff, thirty feet high, which proved an effectual barrier, 
in that direction. 

But in these few hours, it had destroyed fifteen 
hundred buildings, laid in ashes fifty-eight streets and 
courts, eight miles of thoroughfare closely built, thrown 
ten thousand of the inhabitants houseless and homeless 
upon the charity of others, and consumed upon a mod- 
erate calculation, it was believed, at least ten millions 
of property. Mr. Willis, our indefatigable annalist, in 
his exceedingly careful account of the fire, published 
by the Ti-anscri]3t, estimates the area burnt over at two 



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hundred acres — "being about three-quarters of a mile in 
length, by one-third of a mile in average width. But 
according to the representations of Messrs. P. Barnes, 
Ja<X)b McLellan, our late Mayor, and Samuel E. vSpring, 
a committee chosen for the purpose of preparing an ap- 
peal to the public, the area burnt over was three hun- 
dred and twenty acres. By another computation, with i 
a map of the city before me, it would appear to be less i 
than half the last mentioned amount — or onlj-^ about 
one hundred and thirty acres ; but enough, with all this < 
large abatement, to render it one of the largest fires of 
which we have any reliable accounts in the history of 
civilization. 



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Daily Line of First Class Steamers between 

PORTLAND & BOSTON. 




THE SPLENDID SEA-GOING STEAMERS 

11 iiili iilill, fiSIST CITY, 



llOO Tons. 



1100 Tons. 



lOOO Tons. 



FoiTii a regular line, leaving Portland and Boston every evening 
^ (Sundays excepted) throughout the year. 



TIME OF SAILING: 



LEAVE PORTLAND 
LEAVE BOSTON 



/ In Siimnier at 8 o'clock P. M. 

(In Winter at 7 " " 

( In Summer at 7 o'clock P. M. 

Iln Winter at 5 " " 



These steamers are fitted up in the very best manner, and have all the 
modern improvements for the comfort and safely of passengers. The cabins 
and state-rooms are unusually large and weli ventilated. The hour of arriv- 
ing in the morning is in season to connect with all rnilioads and steamboats. 

Passenfiers by this line secure a comfortable ni^'ht's rest, and avoid the ex- 
pense and inconvenience of arriving late at night. 

This old and well-established route has been in existence some thirty years, 
and during that time has never caused loss of life to a passenger. ' 

State-rooms can be secured in advance, or by application to the Agents 
offices. Freight taken at very low rates. 

WM. WEEKS, Agt., Boston. W. L. BIllI\(JS. Agt., Portland, 
J. B. COILE, jr., General Agent, Portland. 



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63 



lOVA SCOTIA STWMSillP MMl 




MAIL LINE TO 
MALI FAX, K. S.. 

ritiJSCF jsnwAMn ist^and, 

ISLAND CAJfE B MIS TON. 



The New and Splendid side-wheel Steamship FALMOUTH, 
W. A. Colby, Commander, will leave Portland every Tuesday 
at 5.30 P. M., or on arrival of trains leaving Boston at 12.30, 
for Halifax direct. 

Returning, will leave Dominion Wharf, HxVLIfax, for Port- 
land, every Tliursday at 8.30 P. M. 

Passengers from Boston are landed directly at the Steamer's 
wharf on arrival at Portland, and also at the Railroad depot on 
retui'n from Halifax, without expense of transfer. 

During the winter the favorite screw steamships CARLOTTA 
and CHASE form a semi-weekly line, making this the most di- 
rect and convenient means of communication between the 
United States and provinces of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. 

BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH FROM BOSTON. 

State Rooms can be secured in advance, by mail or by appli- 
cation at the Agent's offices. 

GEO. P. BLACK, Agent, 

Dominion Wliarf, Ilalifaai. 

J. B. COYLE, General Agent, 

JPORTJL.ANJD, MAIIVE. 



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GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 



MAINE STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S 

Portland and New York Line 

NEW ARKAIVaE.UJEIVT. 




So320.i-'W"oolS-l3r XjIxxo, 



Dirigo, Fraiicoiiia, & Chesapeake 

AVill, until further notice, inin as follows: 

Leave GALT'S WHARF, JPOHTLAND, eveiy MON- 
DAY and THURSDAY AFTEMXOOX, and leave Pier 
38, E.R., XFWYORK, every 31 OXDA'Y and THURS- 
DAY AFTERNOON. 

During the summer months, Steamers touch at Martha's 
Vineyard. 

These vessols are fitted up with fine accommodations for pas- 
sengers, making this the most convenient and comfortable route 
for travelers between New York and Maine. 

PASSAGE IN STATE ROOM, $5.00. CABIN PASSAGE, $4.00. 

]Vreals Extra. 

Goods forwarded to and from Montreal, Quebec, Halifax, St. 
John, and all pai-ts of Maine. Shippers are requested to send 
their freight to the Steamers as early as 4 P. M. on the days they 
leave Portland. For freight or passage apply to 

HENRY FOX, Gall's Wharf, Portland. 
J. F. AMES, Pier 38 E. R., New Tork. 



GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 65 

LAKES, BEACHES^& KJOUNTRI'S. 

BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD. 

The Old, Safe, and Reliable Line is now completed from 

PORTLAND TO BOSTON, 

passing through the most beautiful i^art of Maine, New Hamp- 
shire, and Massachusejts. 

Trains leave Portland for Boston 6.15 A. M. 

(< a n it it 9.15 " 

" " " " '< .[.. 3.30 P.M. 

(( (< u (( a 615 •' 

«' " " " Old Orchard Beach, Saco, 

and Biddeford 8.50 A. M. 

Trains leave Portland for Old Orchard Beach, Saco, 

Biddeford, and Keunebunk 8.30 P. M. 

Trains leave Boston for Portland 8.30 A. M. 

" " " <' " 12.30 P.M. 

(( i( It ft It 330 " 

it ti it tt it goo " 

" " Biddeford for " \ '.'.'.'.'. I '.'.'.'.'".'.'.'.'.'.'..2M " 

" " Kennebunk for Portland 7.30 A. M. 

The 6.15 A. M. and 3.30 P. M. trains from Portland, and the 
8.30 A. M., 12.30 and 3.30 P. M. trains from Boston connect at 
Dover with trains for lake Wiiiuipiseoffee, Alton Bay, 
WoiiFBORo', and Centre Harbor; at Rollingsford for Great 
Falls, stopping at AVell.s Beach, Kennebunk Village, and 
Pool, through the center of Saco and Biddeford. Al.-^o, directly 
to Camp Comfort, Old Orchard and Scarboro' Beaches. This 
road connects at Portland with the Portland & Ogdensburg R. 
R. for all stations between Portland and North Conway, White 
Mountains. Also, with Steamer across Sebago Lake, and 
with the Grand Trunk Railway to and from all stations 
between Portland, Gorham, N. H., Island Pond, Quebec, 
and Montreal. Also, with the Maine Central Railroad 
TO and from all stations including Bangor, Skowhegan, 
Fakmington, St. John, Halifax, and All. points east 
of Portland. 

12.30 P. M. Way Train arrives in Portland in season to make 
all connections East. Also, with Steamers of International 
Steamship Co., for 8t. John, and New England and Nova Scotia 
Steamshin Co., for Halifax. 

3.30 P.* Ai. (Way) and 6.15 P. M. (Steamboat Express) con- 
nect with the Boats for Bangor, and all Landings on Penobscot 
River. Also, for South West Harbor and Bar Harbor, on Mt. 
Desert Island, and Machias. 

All Trains from Portland make direct connection at Boston 
with all the Railroad and Steamboat Lines running North, 
South, and West, for Springfield, New York, Philadelphia, 
Washington, and the Far West. 

JAS. T. FUBBER, PATSON TUCKER, 

Gen. 8upt., Boston. Gen. Agent, Portland. 

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66 GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 



pomioyGorauRuiROAo, 



WESTBROOK, NAPLES, Tia Seto Lake Sirs. 

SO, WINDHAM, ^RIDGTON, 
SEBAeO LAKE. HARRISON, 
STEEP FALLS, WATERFORD, 

BALDWIN, DENMARK, via stage from Browiifield 

HIRAM, LOVELL, " '■ m^ 
BEOWNFIELD, CORNISH, " " Baldwin. 

FRYEBURCt, PORTER, 

CONWAY, N.H.KEZAR FALLS, " " 
BARTLETT," FREEDOM. N, H„ 



{.' 


:i 


(I 

'.i 





-AJfD- 



IRThite MountainsM 



Trains leave Portland daily (Sundays excepted), at 7.10 A. M., 
12.20 P. M., 5.30 P. M., making connection with Steamers and 
Stages for Naples, Bridgton, Lovell, Denmark, Freedom, &c., 
by the 12.20 P. M. 

Trains arrive *in Portland at 9.22 A. M.,3..37and 8.00 P. M., 
making connections with Boston & Maine R. R., and Steamers 
for Boston and the South and West. 

Tliis route is unsurpassed for beauty and variety of scenery, 
and is acknowknlged the most interesting of all the approaches 
to the Mountain Region. Parties can make the trip to Bridg- 
ton via Sebago Lake, Songo River, and Long Pond, or to North 
Conway, 'and return to Portland same day. 

Excui'sion tickets for sale at reduced rates. 

Station and ticket office in Portland at the Boston & Maine 
R. R. Station. 

SAMUEL J. AXDERSON, President. 
CHAS. H. FOYE, Oen. licket Agt. JONAS HAMILTON, Supt. 

OFFICE— Coi-ner Middle and Union Sts,, Portland. 



GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 67 

PORTLANO ^ ROCHESTER 



PORTLAND TO BOSTON 



-VIA- 



Alfred, Springvale, and Rochester, 

Connecting at Rochester with Boston & Maine Railroad for 
Famiingtou, Alton Bay, Dover, Newmarket, Exeter, Haverhill, 
Lawrence, Lowell, and Boston. With Eastern Railroad for 
North Conway, Ossipee, Great Falls, Portsmouth, Salem, Lynn, 
and Boston. 



PASSENGER STATION, FOOT OF MYETLE STREET, 

(The most Central Station in the City.) 



The route (50 miles in length) entirely free from dust, passes 
through the older farming and business towns of southern 
Maine and New Hampshire, the lumber district at Saco River, 
South Waterboro', and the many smaller manufacturing towns 
along the line. Passengers to Boston have choice at Rochester 
of routes, either over Boston & Maine Railroad, or by Eastern 
Railroad,— Shore Route,— and by either, directly connecting 
with all important points. For time table see daily papers. 

TOURI8T8 may leave Portland in the morning by this route, 
for the far-famed LAKE WINNEPESAUKEE. Steamer Mt. 
Washington, from Alton Bay, on the lake, to Wolfboro', Centre 
Harbor, and Weirs (on the B. C. & M. R. R.) and return. 

Passengers to the Mountains and Canadas by this route enjoy 
all the matcliless scenery of this far-famed Lake, unequalled 
in quiet loveliness by any iA the world. 

Freight trains leave daily for Boston and intermediate sta- 
tions. 



WM. H. TURNER, Supl. 



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GUIDE .\J)VERTISEMEl>n^. 



Inside Line Between 

PORTLAND, BANGOR, 

Mt. Desert, and Machias. 



»XJM.31:E:I1 j^TtIl-A.IVOE3i:E]VT. 



The Favorite Steamer 

LEWISTON, 

CAPT, DEERING, 



will leave 



Railroad Wharf, Portland, 



-EVERY — 



TUESDAY aufl FRIDAY 

EVEIVIIVGS, 

.A,t lO o'clocls.. 

Or on aiTival of Express 
Trains from Boston, for 

Rocklandi Castine, Deer 
Isle, SedffwicJCf So. tVest 
Harbor, (Mt. Desert), 
Nillhridge, tJonesport, 
and M.achinsport . 

RETURNING.— Will leave 
Machiasport eveiy Monday 
and Thursday mornings, at 
4.30 o'clock, touching at the 
above-named landings, arriv- 
ing in Portland about mid- 
night, in ample time for pas- 
sengers to take the Pullman 
Night Ti*ain or the early morn- 
ing trains arriving in Boston 
at 10.45. 

The Lewiston will touch at Bar 
Harbor (Mt. Desert), each trip from 
June 20th to Sept. 18th, in addition 
to her usual landing at S. W. Har- 
bor. 



The Xew and Fast Steamer 

CiTY OF RlClii 

CAPT. KILBY, 

WILL LEAVE 

Railroad Wharf, Portland 

— every — 

Monday, Wednesday and Friday 

EVENINGS, 

AT 10 O'Ct-OCK, 

Or on arrival of Express Trains 
from Boston, for 

BAN€;:OR, touchina at 
Itocklaiid , Camden, 
Lincoln ville, Del fast, 
Searsport, Sandy Pointy 
Diichsport, WlnterpoTt, 
and Hampden, 

RETURNING.— Will leave 
Bangor eveiy Monday, Wed- 
nesday, and Friday mornings 
at 6 o'clock, touching at the 
above-named landings, arriv- 
ing in Portland in time to con- 
nect with 6.15 o'clock p. M. 
Express trains for Boston over 
both Railroads. 



For further particulars inquire of Ross & Stukdivant, 179 
Commercial Street, Portland, or 

CITRUS STURI>IVA!VT, Ocn'l Agent. 



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69 




TERMS $3.50 PER DAY. 



P. E. WHEELER, Proprietor. 



The Falmouth is to Portland what the 
Revere and Tremont Houses are to Bos- 
ton. 



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GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 



3?r(^l>l'0 ^^m^^ 



r»ortTXj-A.ixri3, 3ve:e3- 



^ 




The nnderMsned re^pectfulh intfirni their numcious friends and patrons 
in the United States and Canada, that, by the recent enlargement and im- 
provements effected in this establishment, they are now prepaied to accom- 
modate over 2."<0 guests. The Preble House has two beautiful fronts, as 
shown by the en.s;raving. It is unrivalled in its pleasant location, conven- 
ience to the Post Office, Banks, Public Buildings, Horse Car Depot, &c. The 
house has been thoroughly refitted and furnished with every regard to eom- 
fortand luxury; has hot and cold baths and closets on each floor, The aim 
has been to make this the mo*!t unexceptionable first-class hotel in Portland. 

Carriages, with attentive drivers, can be had at all times by applyingat the 
offlce; coaches will always be found at the Railway Depots and Steamboat 
Landings on the arrival of the several trains and Steamers 

M. S. GIBSON & CO., Proprietors, 



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71 




fp 

IjIj 

COR. MIDDLE 4 PLDM STS., 



-KEPT ON- 




an. 



ROOMS EN SUIT J 




ETsTTR^HSrCE TO 



RESTMANT on MIDDLE & PLUM SL^. 



Proprietori 



72 GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 

Passamaquoddy House, 

i/ISTP@KT» Hi-. 

Overlooks Passamaquoddy Bay, and the British Islands, 
Campobello, Indian and Deer on the New Brunswick coast. 

Souse and all its furnisJiings new and neat* 

' Location one of the most healthy on the Eastern shores. 

Best of opportunities for 
Bathing, Sailing, ami ]>eep-sca Fishing. 

Easy of access by Bail and Steamer. 

F. FOWLER, Proprietor. 

Bapziifis, Lale ivels, 

G-uide Boohs. 

All the current Literature of the day 
received as soon as published. 

Boots not on Mni orflerefl at short notice. 

Books imported to order. 

LORING, SHORT, & HARMON, 

Under Falmouth Hotel. 



GUIDE ADVEETISEMENTS. 73 

Do not forget to visit 

Fine Art Store. 



tlie most complete assortment of 

rill All mmE 

EAST OP BOSTON. 

SWISS CARVINGS A SPECIALTY. 

Exhibition Gallery of Fine Paintings 
free at 

5 DEERING BLOCK, 
Congress SL, Portland, Me. 

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74 GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 

J. A. Meerill. a. Keith. 

J. A. Merrill & Co., 

139 Middle Street. 
Diamonds, 
Watches, 

Jewelry? 
Clocks, 

Spectacles, 
Silver Ware, 
Plated Ware, 
Military, 
M^isonic and 
Regalia Goods. 
Wallham Watches a Specialty. 
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 

139 Middle Street, j 

I* O Da T Iji .ia. KT 33 . 



GUroE ADVEETISEME]!n:S. 



75 



Visiting Portland should call at the well-known 
Dry Goods Store of 



r%B 



84 Middle Street, 



where will always be found an immense stock of 



bllY jl|4l) FjIflCY pOl)^. 

Laflies' Underwear a Specially, 

You will here find everything usually kept in a 
well-regulated Dry Goods Store, and at the proverb- 
ial low prices that this Store has been for so many 
years noted. 

THE LARGEST STOCK! 

THE BEST GOODS ! ! 

THE LOWEST PRICES ! ! ! 



84: MIDDLE STREET. 



76 GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 

IRA C. STOCKBRIDGE, 

156 Exchange Street, 
FORTL^ND, ME. 

usic Publishep, 



At 



—AND DEALER IX— 



Sheet Music, Music Jiooks, Strinffs, Violins, Banjos, 

Guitars, A.ccordeons ^ Concertinas, and Flutes, 

Pianos, Organs, Piano Stools, & ClothSy 

Mttsical Instruments and Musical 

Mercliandise of all kinds. 

VERY LIBERAL ARRANGEMENTS SLIDE WITH 
TEACHERS. 

Orders by Mail receive prompt attention. 

NEW MUSIC SENT TO ANY ADDRESS FOR SELECTION. 



Many a time and oft, 
O Jennie, meet me at the gate. 

Sung by Annie Louise Gary. 

Across tlie far blue hills, Marie, 
, Marguarite. 

Svmg by Mrs. H. M. Smith, 
and Mrs. Bumham. 

Farewell, Kathleen. 
So far away. 

Sung by Mrs. Flora E. Ban-j'. 

Break ! Break ! Break ! 
Tlie snow lies white. 
Sung by W. H. Fessendeu, of the Temple Quartette. 
The above songs are composed by G. W. Marston. 
Published by 

Ira C?. iStocls.l3x>ic3.e;e9 

156 Exchange St., Portland, Me. 



GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. Tl 



PARTIES FROM OUT OF TOWN 



can be accommodated with 



A Good Meal or Lunch, 



served up in the very neatest manner, by calling at 



Dining XEall^ 

FOR LADIES AND GENTS, 

]^To. 49 Excliaiige Street, 

f»aaT'JLA,l!S. Ml-. 



^11 the Delicacies of the MarTeet in their Season^ 



MEALS AT ALL HOURS. 

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78 GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 



P. US. FROST, 

Has a frail Xiine of 

Hoop Skirts, Corsets, Bustles, 

npifi: itio GLOVES. 

English Hosiery, Selling Very Low. 

LISLE GLOYES, 
122 Middle St., Under Falmouth Hotel, 



CLARKE & LOWELL, 

DEALERS IN 

French and American 

Boots and Shoes. 

Also, a complete assortment of 

E. C. Burt's Ladies' Fine Boots, Gents' Fine 

hand sewed French Calf Boots, Shoes, 

and Gaiters, of Newark, N. J. 

]Vo. 323 ]!VJIX>r>3L.El STREET.. 

0pp. Falmouth Hotel, 

PORTLAND, ME. 



GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 79 

AND FANCY GOODS, 

ABNER LOWELL, 

(Late Lowell & Senteb,) 

301 coivohesb stueet. 



Happy, always, to see the old friends of the fii-m. 
Particular attention to repairing and regulating fine watches, 
"Will remove to Middle Street, at junction of Free Street, as 
soon as the repairs now in progress are completed. 



Importer of and Dealer in 

Guns, Fishing Tackle, Ammunition, 

AND SPORTINO OOODS. 

AGENT FOR DTI FONT'S GTINPOWDEIt. 

48 Exchange Street, - - Portland. 

, SE31.L 

RAILROAD TICKETS to all Points, 

at the lofvest rales. 

Special inducements to Travelers and Emigrants. Please call 
or send for information at 

NO. 33 EXCHANGE ST., PORTl.AN1>. 



80 GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 

Bankers 4 Brokers, 

100 MIDDLE STREET, 

Next Bloclz to Falmontlx Hotel. 
—DEALERS IN— 

Stocks, Bonds, Government, State, City, 
Town and Railroad Securities. 

* GOLD BOUGHT AND SOLD. 

Francis K. Swan. George P. Barrett. 

FINE INITIftL PftPEii^ 

In Handsome Boxes, 

Miim Tiiiteil, Frencli, or Assorted Styles, 

Hlonograius, Visiting auti l^^'edding Cards 

ENGRAVED TO ORDER. 

LORING, SHORT & HARMON, 

AGENTS OF 

M;essx's. Jolin A.. ILro^^vell «fe Co., 

THE CELEBRATED ENGRAVERS. 

T7xic3.ex* IFa.lxxxo-u.'tla. XZotel. 



GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 81 



EMMONS CHAPMAN, 



-DEALER IN- 



|]hlJ(i?jtl)ICIf!t5,CHtpiC/lL?, 

Perfumeries, Fancy (jooils, Toilet Articles, &c., 

No. 74 MIDDLE, cor. EXCHANGE ST., 

Physicians' Prescriptions Accurately Prepared. 

P. M. FROST, 

122 Middle Street, under Faimouth Hotel, 

Has a full line of FINE 




Z 





For Suits and GarTnents, 

unsurpassed for quality and low prices. 

LYONS & HtlSS POPLINS, ALP AC C AS , PON- 
GEES, and a full line of ZINENS, VIC- 
TOMIA LAWNS & PIQTIES, 

All at Lo^west Market Prices. 



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GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 



J. R 




CO., 



New No. 227 Middle Street, 

IVearly opposite Falraoxxtlx Hotel. 




WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 

They have constantly on hand a good assortment of 
English, French, German and American 

Broad Cloths & Cassimeres, 

Ladies Dress Goods of tlie most approved styles. 

A Fine Assortment of 

LINEN mmask:, pillow case linen, 

Sheetings, Napkins, Doyleys^ &c. 

MARSEILLES QUILTS, FURNITURE DIMITY, 

Shawls, Handkerchiefs, &c. 



IJH^ 



Opposite head of Union Street. 



GUroE ADVEETI8EMENTS. 83 

ORIN HAWKES & CO., 

290 & 292 Congress Street, 

Preble House, Jl OX* biOvHCl, 

Manufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 

Men's and Boys' Cloing, 



— AKD— 



Furnishing Goods. 

A full stock of the above Goods, in great variety of 

texture, color, and style, can always be found 

at our store, and as we manufacture all 

tlie Clothing we use, can warrant 

our goods in every respect. 

We make a specialty of. Have aU sizes, from the 
Smallest to the Largest, and those who are usually 
troubled to get Boys' Clothing suitably made, can 
find just what is wanted on our counters. 

ORlN HAWKES & CO. 



84 GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 

A.. S. HINDS, 

APOTHECARY AP PHARMACIST, 

UNDER PKEBLE HOUSE. 



A select stock of Drugs, Jfedicines, and Chemicals, 

Standard Phartnacetitical PreparationSf 

and New Memedies. 

EVERY REQDISITE FOR THE TOILET & NURSERY, 

BRUSHES, Teeth Bruslies our own importation, 
COMBS, 

FIXE SOAPS, 

POMADES & OILS, 
SPONGES, 
BATHING TOWELS, 

GLOVES & PADS, 

TOILET POWDERS, 
PUFF BOXES, 

Cut Perfume Bottles, 

GOLD & SILVER-CAPrED PUNGBNTS^ 

Largest Stock of Perfumes in the State. 

Colognes, Waters, and Extracts by Measure. 

PROPRIETOR OF 

*Bay-Z,eaff Castor Oil, and Brandy,' for the hair. 
^Soney and Almond Cream,' for the shin. 
Almond Moth) Tan, and Freckle Balm, etc., etc. 



GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 85 

First Glass 

Gent's FmisliDS Store, 

293 Congress Street, Portland, 

mm. ©usTji i oi 



Men's Shirts, Tinder Shirts and 

Drawers, Hosiery and Gloves, 

Suspenders, Scarfs ^ JVeck 

Ties, Collars, Cuffs, Cuff 

Buttons and Studs, 

Shirt Bosoms, 

Tlmhrellas, 

M otlier pocls iisnally fonnd in a rnriiistiing Store 

We have a very large Stock, and the best goods in the country. 
Fine Shirts made to order from measure, and loarranted to fit. 



MEFEltENCES : 

Hon, Israel Washhurn^ Jr., Son, Samuel IS. Spring, 
Hon. tToseph Hoivard, Son. Geo» F. Shepley, Son. 
Wm. Wirt Virgin, Son. John B. Urotvn, Son. C. P. 
Kiinball, Son. X. 2>. M. Sweat, Son, Ji ion Bradbury, 
Son. Wm. Ii. Ptitnam^ T. C. Sersey, Esq.^ S. JY. Jose, 
Esq., of Portland ; Son. Eugene Sale, Ellsworth; 
S. JL. BeWittfEsq., Augusta; Son. T. S. Lang, Bath; 
E> Foster, Jr., Bethel; and hundreds of others of that 
class, who are our regular patrons. 



86 GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 




WENDEL KIRSCH, 

Manufacturer of 

Meerschaum and Briar 



Cigar Tillies, 
AMBER MOUTH-PIECES, 

Billiard Balls, Canes, and all hinds of Ivory Goods, 

DEALER IX 

T033J^CCO «fe CIOAIIS, 

Imported and Domestic, wholesale and retail. The largest and 
most comjilete assortment of the above-named articles always 
on hand. Repairing, boiling, and mounting Pipes. Also, re- 
pairer of OI*J£JtJL GZiASl!i:ES and all other Fancy Ar- 
ticles. 

314 Congress Street, Portland. 

STABLE, 

451 Congress Street, four ioors aloTe State, 

PORTLAND, ME. 

K. 8. FEBNALD, WHITMAN SAWYER. 



Good Teams to Iiet, Hacks and Barouches fur- 
nished in any number, for all occasions. 



GUIDE ADVEETISEMENTS. 87 



WILLIAM SENTER, 

(Formerly Lowell 8c Senter,) 



JEWELRY, 

NAUTICAL. OPTICAL AND MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, 
No. 64 Exchange St., 

I^ORTLA^ND, ME. 

FESSENDEN BROTHERS, 

—DEALERS IN — 

Newspapers, Magazines, 



'Iroacl Stafio'i 

(OPP. PKEBLE HOUSE), 



JETorse HaUrond Station, POT^TT AND MP 



If Yon fait to Fit a Difficult Foot, 

-OO TO- 

No. 133 ITIIDOIiE STREET, 

Where you can get a wide or narrow, full or slim Boot, just the 
width and length that will be easy and graceful, and enjoy the 
rare luxmy of wearing a perfect fitting Boot. 



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GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 



ESTA-BLISHED TN ISSr. 



WALTER COREY & CO., 



Arcade, 18 Free Street, 
PORTLAND, ME., 

can show the most extensive stock of first-class and common 
FurnitvQ-e in the State, embracing a gi'eat varietj' of JPa j'ior 
Suites; Walnut^ Asli, and Painted Chatnber Suites : 
Library, Ttiiiing Room, and Kitchen Furniture. 




Also, 3IatfresseSi Pillows, 3Lirrors, Center Tables, 
Easy and Pancy Chairs, in r/reat variety. 

Special Agents for the tlu-ee best Spring Beds in the market, 
viz. : The Woren Wire Mattress, the Monroe Spiral 
Spriiiff, and the Triumnh Slat Spring. 

Particular attention is called to Jt ice's Patent Foot- Rest 
Chair, as above, the most satisfactory lolling chair sold, and 
within the means of all. 

Orders for all goods promptly filled, and packed in the most 
thorough manner. 

g[^="Allowance made for freight to out-of-town customers. 



GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. ' 89 



^^^f). f>f(od¥oPv, 



Merchant 



TAILOR 



CHAMBERS, 



205 Middle Street, 



OPPOSITE THE FALMOUTH, 



PORTLAND, MAINE. 

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90 GUIDE AD"\'^RTISEMENTS. 

J. B. Bro^vn & Sons, 

BANKERS, 

40 Exchange Street, Portland, Me. 



Business the same as an Incorporated Bank. 

wSpecial attention given to the accounts of Banking 
and Business Houses in other parts of the State. 

Interest allowed on Deposits. Collections made at 
all points. 

Dealers in Government Bonds, Local Securities, Gold 
and Silver Coin, Dominion Money, and Foreign Ex- 
change. 

Letters of Credit issued and Bills of Exchange Drawn 
on England, Scotland, Ireland, and the principal Cities 
of Europe. 

Investment Securities for Savings Banks and Trustees 
constantly on hand. 




UNDER FALMOUTH HOTEL, 

Have tlie best line of novelties in the city. 

RUSSIA LEATHER GOODS 

GOLD PENCILS, PENS, &c. 

Cribbage Boxes and Playing Cards. 

Visitors are always welcome to our store. 



91 GUroE ADVERTISEMENTS. 

J. H. LAMSON, 

9/ 




'So. 152 Middle Street, 

PORTLAND, ME. 



Copying and Enlafgiog done to ofder. 



Life Size Portraits in Crayon, a Specialty. 

All the new styles. 

Berlins, Rembrants, Medallion, the Porce- 
lain, or Mezzotint card, and the retouch- 
ed card, by which new process we 
get rid of freckles, moles, 
wrinkles, and all imper- 
fections of the skin. 

CALL AKD JUDGE FOR YOUESELVES. 
Motto— ao on WORK at modejrate f mice 8, 

AIM, to FZEASE, 



92 



GUIDE ADVEETISEMENTS. 



r'f iii 




p=i 



LORING, SHORT & HARMON, 

Under Falmouth Hotel. 

A GfeatVanelf of Pine Illustrated Books. 

JPtiblish&rs of Maine Reports^ and Ware's T7. S. Dis- 
trict Court Meports. 

Dealers in New & Second hand Law Books. 



GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 93 

BRIGGS & CO. 

Beg leave to inform their friends and tlie public gen- 
erally, that they have taken the spacious 
and elegant store, 

NO. 305 Congress Street, 

{Formerly occupied by Crosman & Co,, Druggists*) 

where they will be pleased to wait upon all their old 
patrons, and will be prepared to accommodate a 
host of new ones, for they have one of the finest 
stocks of 

LADIES' FURNISHING GOODS 

ever exhibited in this State, which will be sold at the 
very lowest rates. 

THE ONE-PRICE SYSTEM 

will be strictly adhered to, and its thorough trial has 
proved it to be for the best interest of the buyer. 



Thankful for past favors so liberally bestowed up- 
on us, wt^. hope to see you at our new stand, and 
shall spare no effort in the future, as in the past, to 
merit your continued confidence and patronage. 

BRIGGS & CO., 

305 consroi^ESS stpieet. 



94 GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 

TRUNKS, BAGS, 



J* m. liiM & m. 



171 Middle Street 

and 116 Federal Street, 

OFFEK TO THE 



i«^^WMs^M9i/i/m ^ %Lus^s^sL%^9 



AN ASSORTMENT OF 

Trunks, Bags, Valises, Baskets, Satcliels, 

And otlier Traveling- Material, 

which, for variety, excellence of quality and style, is 
not excelled in New England. 



GUIDE ADVERTISEMEITTS. 



95 



ESX^^BLISHEID 1841. 




Junction Free and Middle Streets, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 

riiE OiEiilMLi, 

Pure Drugs, 

Also, Varnishes, Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs, and all 

other articles usually kept in a Drug and 

Paint Establishment. 

Physicians' Prescriptions carefully compounded 
from select materials. 



96 



GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 



M. F. l^XNGr, 




m. 137 MIDDLE STREET, 
Between Falmouth Hotel and Old City Hall. 

NO EXHIBITION AT THE ENTRANCE. 



Photograplier of Illustrations in this Guide Book. 




Keep constantly on hand the latest styles of 
HATS, CAPS, UMRBEr.t.AS, CANBS, 



&€• 



GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 97 

iiiEi LiWELL, 

(Late Lowell & Senter,) 

301 Congress Street. 

Watches, Jewelry, 



This Stock will be removed to 155 Middle Street as 
soon as the neiv Store is finished. 



J. M. Dyer & Co., 

DEALERS IN CHOICE 

Dress Goods, Velifets, Sill(s, Shawls, 



LINENS, WOOLENS, FANCY AND WHITE GOODS, 
LACES, EMBROIDERIES, 

Hosiery and C^loves^ 

No. 6 Free Street Block, 
9 



98 



GUIDE ADVERTISEIVIENTS. 



ZENAS THOMPSON, JR., 




affiaff©! 



® 



20 years' experience at the *01d 
Man ufac tor y .' 




I am constantly manufacturing and have in stock all the 
leadincf styles of Light Carriages. 

jI^^All work made on the premises under my personal super- 
vision, from the best selected and most reliable niateri- 
alSf unsurpassed in elegance, style, and durability. 

Cuts or drawings furnished ujion application. 

*OLD REPOSITORY/ 

302 and 304 Congress St., Portland. 

I take pleasure in recommending Mr. Thompson and his work 
to all my old friends and patrons who may want a reliable car- 
riage at a fair price. Mr. T. has been in my employ and asso- 
ciated with me in business neai'ly 20 years. J. M. Kimball, 



GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 



99 



Aiiaiw 



urini 



DEALER IN 






— AJSTD- 



114 Middle St., under Falmouth Hotel, 

PORTLAND, ME, 

4 

GJENT'S BOOTS AND SHOES, of the best quality, 
made to measure. Also, Hepairing. 




& ISIHON. 



Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 




Curtains, Borders. 



Under Falmouth Hotel. 



100 GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. 

PHOTOGRAPHERS' SUPPLIES ! 



i 



STEREOSCOPIC IIIEWS, FRIIMES, 



-AT — 



mAt»^ 




One SlocU South of the 

Fj^LMLOXITII hoteil.. 

Visitors in totvn are cordially invited to pass th 
leisure moments in looTcing at the Paintings on exh 
hition in the Gallery, and in inspecting the forei 
novelties constantly in stock* 

One Block South of the Falmouth Hotel, 




H 106 89 ■■%. 



